The BILLION POUND flaw on the Elizabeth Line | #Railnatter 303

About this episode

The episode discusses a significant design flaw in the Elizabeth Line related to platform height and its implications.

Last week, the Campaign for Level Boarding published its letter to the Old Oak Common project endorsing a non-standard platform height. But what's that about? And how does it link to Crossrail's most expensive and damaging design flaw? Read the full Campaign for Level Boarding letter here: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/vs7rqv8utn1s9ne3kah36/CampaignForLevelBoarding_LetterRegardingOOC.pdf?rlkey=onqv8b9bk0qcslvn1unthfdwu&dl=1 Watch Philip explain the level boarding solution at OOC in more detail here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KryXjiUycZU Support #Railnatter at https://patreon.com/garethdennis. Merch at https://merch.railnatter.uk. Join in the discussion at https://discord.railnatter.uk. You can also buy my book #HowTheRailwaysWillFixTheFuture: https://bit.ly/HowTheRailways

People in this episode

Host: Gareth Dennis

Topics covered

• level boarding
• Crossrail
• design flaw
• transportation
• infrastructure

Keywords

• Elizabeth Line
• level boarding
• Crossrail
• design flaw
• Old Oak Common

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Campaign for Level Boarding, Crossrail

Books & works: #HowTheRailwaysWillFixTheFuture

Places: Old Oak Common

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