Elizabeth Line (CrossRail) opened 24th May 2022

Isn't that what's happening now?

Trains running empty back and forth to make sure everything works, the only thing missing is the passengers.

yes but why would anyone want passengers? the service will be much more reliable without them messing things up, causing delays, etc - let the trains just carry fresh air and perhaps the occasional ghost!

I am not speculating on the opening day, feel too jaded and concerned that an economic downturn will take the shine off the celebrations when it does actually start carrying fare-paying passengers.

in copehagen metro there is single tracking in area or line so dont need for signages to change however the screens will show the trains = its very commonly used for single tracking

it can be DLR or London undergound which can do single tracking in rare form if required

An article on London Reconnections on some possible Crossrail opening dates www.londonreconnections.com/2022/the-purple-elephant-in-the-room-crossrails-opening-date/.

The DLR areas at Woolwich Arsenal station have new signing with Elizabeth line featuring.

The roundels outside Woolwich station are still plain white.

Links Signs another family firm also makes Tube signs. Based in St Leonards they made many of the door and supplementary signs for the project.

They will probably try that, but it's going to be very much dependent on her health. Prince Charles may well be sent instead.

I've noticed that the on-train announcements have reverted back to saying 'This is the train to' rather than 'This is a TfL Rail service to', I wonder if they'll include the Elizabeth Line in the future to help distinguish from GWR and HEX services for new users.

Also took this today:

Good photo showing the four interchange points for the 'Elizabeth line', but not for the 'Victoria line' etc, only for 'Victoria' etc! Is such inconsistency an error?

Doesn't help that it follows TfL's grammatically-dubious convention of using lower-case 'l' for 'line', rather than a capital. Something about seeing it in small type on a car line diagram makes it worse than it does on signage.

The posts above have perfectly encapsulated the can of worms in having a ‘line’ that is simultaneously the mode and the sub-group presents. As was no doubt discussed on here when the renaming first came to light, it’s inherently inconsistent.

Class 345 test trains I’ve been on show ‘Elizabeth’ on the service status and interchange screens and yet updated LU/LO/DLR line diagrams state ‘Elizabeth line’ both of which are *technically* correct. I know lots had been made about the distinct individuality that the Crossrail project has been afforded. Not sure that excuses creating an abomination of existing design standards.

On my website I originally used the word Line with a capital L but a year or so ago went through the site changing the uppercase L to a lower case l.

It always takes a while to update all the in-car maps. I have an extremely vague memory of this being discussed on this forum a few years ago but I can't immediately find the old thread. I think it was stated that it typically takes 1-2 weeks for a fleet the size of the Central line, but occasionally trains get missed (I think it was someone seeing such a train that sparked that old thread).

I wouldn't have thought so, you could say the same for the Jubilee Line from Stratford to Bond Street but any sensible person would check the tube map before making a decision to change trains.