After its first year of operations, train services on the Elizabeth are set to increase in frequency and introduce a new range of journey options from Sunday, 21st May.

From that date, peak time services between Paddington and Whitechapel will increase to a train roughly every two and a half minutes with up to 24 trains per hour in both directions, and extra trains will serve London Liverpool Street mainline station.

Between Paddington and Whitechapel there will be 16 trains per hour running off-peak.

Peak time services between Canary Wharf and Abbey Wood will increase to 12 trains per hour with a train every five minutes, and the peak hours will be extended.

For the first time, there will be trains all day with two trains per hour between Shenfield in Essex, east London, and Heathrow Airport (Terminal 5). There will be six Elizabeth trains per hour all day to Heathrow Airport Terminal 2&3, with four per hour continuing to Terminal 4, and two per hour to Terminal 5.

Further information about travelling between the terminals is available at https://www.heathrow.com/at-the-airport/airport-maps/travel-between-terminals.

Main line service between Liverpool Street and Gidea Park will increase, with four additional peak-time services.

From Reading, some trains that were operated by Great Western Railway will become Elizabeth line services with fewer stops. Acton Main Line, West Ealing and Hanwell stations will only be served by trains to Heathrow, so passengers for those stations will need to change at Hayes & Harlington for the next train towards Maidenhead or Reading.

Except for a few early morning trains, all westbound trains Mondays to Saturdays will run to central London via Paddington Elizabeth Line station. However, on Sundays, some trains will depart from Paddington mainline station until 10:18 am and after 22:02 pm.

Journey times from west London through Paddington Elizabeth Line station will also decrease, including reduced journey times between Reading and Paddington and improved journey times for customers travelling west to central London.

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, said: “Delivering the Elizabeth line has been transformational for our city, with hundreds of thousands of Londoners and visitors now enjoying the fast and reliable trains each day.

“The introduction of the final timetable next month marks the last milestone of the Crossrail project and will enable the Elizabeth line to provide even more frequent, speedier journeys and better connect the capital.”

Andy Lord, London’s Transport Commissioner, said: “The Elizabeth Line has transformed the lives of Londoners and the experience for visitors to the city in just under a year of TfL operating the service.

“With this new timetable, those travelling through central London will have a train arriving around every two and a half minutes, those using Heathrow Airport will have more regular services, and time will be shaved off many journeys from Reading, Heathrow and into central London. Those on the east will also benefit from twice hourly services to the airport, linking Essex and west London on the line for the first time.”

The full Elizabeth Line timetable is available on the TfL website at https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/elizabeth-line/elizabeth-line-timetables