TRANSPORT
JOURNEY TIME SAVINGS FROM EALING BROADWAY TO:
Station
Current journey
time
Crossrail journey
time
Bond Street
23 mins
11 mins
Tottenham Court Road
26 mins
12 mins
Liverpool Street
35 mins
18 mins
Canary Wharf
44 mins
25 mins
Heathrow terminals 1,2,3
24 mins
15 mins
natural light into the building.
Inside the station, improvements
would include:
■ A ticket hall more than twice the
size of the existing one
■ Four new lifts
■ Improved staircases for platforms
■ Platform extensions to
accommodate the new trains
■ New toilets, information screens,
signs, help points and CCTV.
The revise d designs were open to
public consultation before the council
was due to take its final decision as
Around Ealing went to press. Escalators
were not included in the plans because of
safety concerns and practical problems.
The council agreed with Crossrail that
lifts were a more viable option.
WIDER IMPROVEMENTS
That is not all. Crossrail and Ealing
Council have been working on
masterplans that set out how the
area around the stations can be
improved. In Ealing Broadway,
this includes proposals
such as improvements to
the forecourt and better
located pedestrian and
drop-off areas.
There are also plans
to provide easy access
to the redeveloped
Arcadia shopping centre,
which is separated from
Press the play button to watch a video
the station by Haven Green. And, the
council’s ‘mini-Holland’ scheme, which
will bring improved and easier cycling
around Ealing town centre, is being
deliberately designed to link into the
station and the nearby cycle hub.
Our borough’s other four stations will
follow suit in years to come.
The Grade II listed Hanwell Station
building would be preserved and
the surrounding area improved. The
council is working with Crossrail and
Transport for London to identify how
to improve disabled access. Separately
to the scheme, the council has also
worked with residents to realise the
long-standing desire for a secondary
entrance at the station, which will mean
its south entrance will reopen by the
autumn – making it easier for people to
access it from the Uxbridge Road side.
An artist’s impression of how
Southall’s station might look
In Southall, it is intended to improve
the layout of the road and paving
around the station, as well as the
building itself – and to provide better
access for pedestrians and cyclists. The
project would tie-in to the ongoing
Southall Big Plan regeneration scheme.
As you can see from the picture on
these pages, designs are being drafted.
Crossrail intends to relocate the West
Ealing station building from Drayton
Green Road to the quieter Manor
Road. A new forecourt, a cycle hub and
other improvements are also proposed.
A new station building will also
be built for Acton Main Line, on the
junction of Horn Lane and Friary
Road – a new road lay-out, bus stops
and bicycle parking, and also a new
forecourt, are all planned.
‘POSITIVE SIDE-EFFECTS’
Council leader Julian Bell, cabinet
member for regeneration, said:
“Crossrail will bring wide-ranging
benefits to our borough. It
will mean more attractive,
effective and modern
stations while also helping
to regenerate the areas
around them. And we will
be better connected –
which has other positive
side-effects, including
enticing more investment
into our area.”
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