Just over a year ago the Elizabeth Line officially opened and has since welcomed thousands of travellers, with numbers continuing to rise. 

Offering journeys from Reading, Essex, and Abbey Wood to central London, the line has become a staple for many commuters. 

Transport for London (TfL) previously shared that the service adds 10% more capacity to the London rail network making it worth a suggested £42bn towards the UK economy.

Now, the Elizabeth Line is expected to be going under some changes as Howard Smith, TfL’s director of the Elizabeth Line shared: "This Elizabeth line timetable change is delivering in the original plans for the service, providing a number of benefits to customers and improving connections to Heathrow Airport and across London."

These are changes taking place to the Elizabeth Line

From May 21, 2023, the Elizabeth Line will have a new timetable implemented by TfL.

One of the changes includes the number of trains running during peak times, seeing an increase from 22 to 24 trains an hour. 

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Plus, the temporary pause in service towards Paddington will no longer take place and departures from Abbey and Paddington will take place every five to six minutes.

The Elizabeth Line will also be going from Shenfield to Heathrow Airport uninterrupted with two series an hour and no need to change, according to the Metro. 

Paddington's first westbound train will leave earlier at 4.36am for Heathrow Terminal 5, arriving ten minutes earlier at 4.42am.

Speaking of the changes, Mr Smith said: "As well as increasing peak time services between Paddington and Whitechapel to mean a train roughly every 2.5 minutes in both directions, there will also be direct services from Shenfield in Essex to Heathrow Airport for the first time, with more trains serving the airport each hour.

"The new timetable will also remove any significant dwell times for trains between Paddington and Acton Main Line, which were in place temporarily ahead of this new timetable.

"This timetable sees the completion of the Crossrail project, but we will continue to review the Elizabeth line timetables and changes can be made twice each year in line with National Rail timetable changes to add capacity where possible and provide the best service for customers."