The Crossrail Act provides for a railway terminating at Maidenhead in the west and Abbeywood in the South-East. This does not preclude a later extension to Reading, or from Abbeywood to Gravesend and Hoo Junction, and land has been safeguarded to prepare for this eventuality. However, there are no current plans to extend the railway outside the Crossrail Act determination.

The existence of a Safeguarding Direction will be declared by the local planning authority in response to searches of the local Land Charges register. Crossrail also provides a facility to identify postcodes located on the safeguarded route - please see the link on the right of this page. If the search shows you are within a safeguarded zone, please contact the Safeguarding Team for further details.

Contact the Safeguarding Team

Further information about the effect of the safeguarding is also available from the Safeguarding Team.

Telephone: 020 3229 9100
Fax: 020 7719 0955

Email: safeguarding@crossrail.co.uk

The Safeguarding Team will accept enquiries by telephone, but to reduce the possibility of errors you will be asked for a plan if you wish to know about a specific site. The team aims to respond to enquiries within three working days of receipt but it may take longer at busy times.