Crossrail opening schedule
When Chief Executive Andrew Wolstenholme appeared in front of a London Assembly committee in February 2012, he gave this opening schedule:
May 2017: Liverpool Street (High Level)Shenfield.
May 2018: Paddington (High Level)Heathrow Airport.
May 2019: Paddington (Low LevelShenfield.
December 2019: Full opening, including Maidenhead and Abbey Wood.
DfT said in summer 2012 that it expected Paddington (Low Level) to Abbey Wood to open in December 2018.