The First #PurpleTrain From Reading

TfL had annouced that the TfL Rail service would start on Sunday December 15th with trains between Reading and Paddington, until we heard that there would be a small number of day starting a few weeks earlier to help get everyone involved prepared ...

TfL Rail is what TfL are calling their Crossrail services before they become the Elizabeth Line, but here we shall always love to call it the #PurpleTrain

Thanks to Dan Spence for his photos and additional footage, he also has a short video of his morning here: https://youtu.be/MnRCfz0hkH4

Purpe train shirts here: http://stores.clothes2order.com/dztzstore/rail/purpletrain/

To clarify:

- Six Purple Train services currently running weekdays between Paddington and Reading, and they are technically GWR service operated by TfL

- On December 15th, the whole things switches over to TfL and they will be full/proper TfL services

- There'll still be a small number of GWR stoppers in the peak only

- TfL BankContactless PAYG fares start on 2nd January 2020.

Видео The First #PurpleTrain From Reading канала Geoff Marshall