Bond Street opens

[melikepie]

The final core station has opened, 5 months late.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-63364938

[jimbo]

Did the reason for the delayed opening ever get explained?

[spsmiler]

Part of it has to be the western station building (Davies Street) which is still surrounded in scaffolding. This is also part of a much larger building - the rest of which is still some while away from completion.

I hope to have pics to share later today; I've been very focussed on video editing, which is now nearly done.

Here are some views - in a tweet:

twitter.com/ citytransportin/status/1584677271218323456

Top row:
Inside the Davies Street (western) station building - with large display advertising at far end
Bond Street platform
Lower row:
Artwork montage - Davis Street station
Interchange passageway with someone using the seats for people to take a rest

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re: the underground stations, it seems that five were tunnelled and hence have the same 'tube train' design whilst three were built cut 'n' cover so are more box like - somewhat like Redbridge on the Central line

Bored: Whitechapel,
Liverpool Street,
Farringdon,
Tottenham Court Road,
Bond Street

Cut and Cover
Woolwich,
Canary Wharf,
Paddington

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Something I did not succeed in seeing yesterday was a passageway exit in Elizabeth line branding* next to a canal at Paddington station 
*I saw one for Network Rail, but was looking for the Liz line exit which I saw in a magazine a few months ago

[Chris L]

Oct 25, 2022 3:34:42 GMT jimbo said:

Did the reason for the delayed opening ever get explained?

I believe the major reason for the delay was the ground conditions which made the excavations for the shafts and passages difficult.

Sacking the main contractor must have been a factor.

At Shepherd's Bush (Central line) they tried to dig a shaft for a step free lift but had to abandon it as it kept filling with water.

[class411]

Oct 25, 2022 16:00:20 GMT Chris L said:

At Shepherd's Bush (Central line) they tried to dig a shaft for a step free lift but had to abandon it as it kept filling with water.

As opposed to one with steps?

Sorry, I know what they mean.

I wonder how the lift shaft could be under the water table but not the track bed. And why the couldn't waterproof the lower few feet.

Thanks to Grand Designs I've seen a building successfully completed where the lower part flooded until waterproofed.

[spsmiler]

My video looking at this station



Below is the blurb I put on the page at YouTube, I also include a link to the Crossrail website which explains much more about the artworks


This station has two ticket halls - one at each end of the 255 metre platforms.

The eastern ticket hall is in Hanover Square and is convenient for Regent Street, Oxford Circus Underground station and the Oxford Street branch of John Lewis. TfL have created an 'out of station' interchange so that passengers using Oyster and other electronic ticketing systems can leave the 'fares paid area' and interchange between Oxford Circus and this station and then continue their journey without being charged a new fare. But this facility is strictly time limited.

The western ticket hall is in Davies Street, close to the West One Shopping Centre and Selfridges. It includes a direct connection to the existing London Underground station that is served by Central and Jubilee line trains. The interchange passage includes a seated area so that people who can walk but only short distances can have a rest.

The western ticket hall also features three artworks created in 2017 by British artist Darren Almond, these are seen in the film and more about them can be found on the crossrail.co.uk website at the link below.

www.crossrail.co.uk/benefits/art-on-crossrail/artwork-at-bond-street

[Tom]

Oct 25, 2022 16:00:20 GMT Chris L said:

At Shepherd's Bush (Central line) they tried to dig a shaft for a step free lift but had to abandon it as it kept filling with water.

I remember that project well and the nightmares are coming back!

As a first stage every cable in and out of the Signalling Equipment Room had to be diverted as they were in the way of the proposed lift shaft. The route was to be underfloor along one of the passageways (you can still see it now) and I understand that filled with water too - did the lift shaft ever get started?

[jimbo]

But 1900 tech managed to sink the original lift shafts there and construct the whole station! Has the water arrived since?

[Tom]

Yes - the water table has been rising for several decades now.

[spsmiler]

Some photos from tweets of the new station ticket halls, etc

twitter.com/ citytransportin/status/1585011552528510976

twitter.com/ citytransportin/status/1585009151146876929