The Elizabeth Line
by Grimshaw, Maynard, Equation and AtkinsRéalis
Client Crossrail
Award 澳门王中王 London Award 2024, 澳门王中王 London Building of the Year (sponsored by ), 澳门王中王 National Award 2024 and the 澳门王中王 Stirling Prize 2024
The Elizabeth Line is a tour de force. Running across London from Heathrow Airport and Reading at the west to Shenfield and Abbey Wood in the east, it boasts 62 miles of track, 26 miles of new tunnels, 10 new and 31 upgraded stations including some 9 to 10 storeys below ground, and is anticipated to carry 200 million passengers per year.
Its success is the outcome of intense collaboration between the multidisciplinary team of architects, engineers, lighting designers, and wayfinding experts, as well as manufacturers and suppliers. The aim was to provide users with as coherent an experience as possible, create a familiar feel, improve comfort for cross-London travel, ease navigation and flow, and standardise elements. The design adopts a clear visual language and has a consistent material palette and approach to detailing.
Working across the Elizabeth line the line-wide design team of Grimshaw, Maynard, AtkinsRéalis and Equation was part of a wider Crossrail architectural design team, interfacing with architects across the line’s 10 new stations including John McAslan + Partners, Weston Williamson + Partners, Hawkins\Brown, AHR (formerly Aedas), Wilkinson Eyre, BDP, Adamson Associates, Allies and Morrison and Fereday Pollard.
Watch a video of the Elizabeth Line project below
Graphics and Wayfinding Maynard
Lighting Design Equation
Engineering and Package Management AtkinsRéalis
