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The new station building at Abbey
Wood has opened to passengers. Delivered by Network Rail as part
of the Crossrail project, the opening of the striking station
building and concourse, marks the start of the transformation of
transport links for Abbey Wood which will be served by existing
Southeastern rail services and the Elizabeth line when the route
opens.
The Crossrail project will help to transform Abbey Wood, as the
Elizabeth line will halve journey times to many central London
destinations, and is already attracting new businesses and
investment to the local area.
Key to the design of the new station is its integration with the
elevated flyover, Harrow Manorway, and made it much easier for
local people to get from one side of the railway to the other.
The new station building has been built over the railway where
the two new Elizabeth line tracks terminate and the existing
Southeastern lines continue on through. The station has easy
interchange between the Elizabeth line platforms and
Southeastern platforms with stairs, escalators and lifts.
A granite-paved pedestrian concourse links the new station with
the flyover providing significantly better links with local bus
services. From here the station building is shaped both to swoop
down to platform level below, but also to link radically
transformed civic spaces to either side at ground level.
From above, the station is shaped like a manta ray, its
zinc-surfaced ‘wings’ extending into canopies sheltering
staircases either side. Lifts emerge as architectural features
flanking the station forecourt.
In addition to the station improvements, Crossrail worked with
London Borough of Bexley and Royal Borough of Greenwich on
proposals for improvements to the area around the station.
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