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==Current developments==

===Crossrail===
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In 2015, [[TfL Rail]], the precursor of [[Crossrail]], took over operation of the Shenfield stopping "metro" service and, from 2022, the full Crossrail service will run via a tunnel through central London and link up with the [[Great Western Main Line]] to {{Stnlnk|Reading}} and [[Heathrow Terminal 4 railway station|Heathrow Airport]].

The first new {{Brc|345}} rolling stock entered service on the service on 22 June 2017. The new trains, built at Bombardier's Derby factory, provide air conditioned walk-through carriages, intelligent lighting and temperature control, closed-circuit television and passenger information displays showing travel information, including about onward journeys. It was planned that by September 2017, half of the services between Shenfield and Liverpool Street will have switched to the new Class 345 trains. From May 2015, Crossrail services (re-branded as [[TfL Rail]]) have an interchange with existing GEML services at Liverpool Street (via new underground platforms) as well as {{stl|LUL|Stratford}}, {{Stnlnk|Romford}} and {{Stnlnk|Shenfield}}.

In November 2022, Crossrail services began to operate between Shenfield and [[London Paddington station|London Paddington]] via [[Farringdon station|Farringdon]]. However no services operate further than Paddington onto the likes of [[Heathrow Airport]] and [[Reading railway station|Reading]]. Instead, these services start from [[Abbey Wood railway station|Abbey Wood]], the Elizabeth line's southeast branch.