The £20,000,000,000 line runs between Heathrow Airport terminals and Reading through Paddington to Abbey Wood and Shenfield. On its busiest days, the Elizabeth line sees more than 800,000 journeys.

Passengers have been using the Abbey Wood to Paddington section of the line, with journey times between the two cut by almost half. In 1949, BBC cameras recorded the testing of festive beer at ...