Simon Periton at Farringdon station
(Picture: Courtesy the artist and Sadie Coles HQ. Photo: GG Archard, 2022 )Four decades after its initial proposal, and 13 years after physical work began, the Elizabeth lineopened on Tuesday. In a plush royal purple, the new line – which connects Reading and Heathrow, with Paddington, Bond Street, Stratford and Romford – had 130,000 passengers pile on the train just hours after its opening.
If you haven’t visited yet, the stations alone are worth viewing. Think massive champagne-coloured metal surfaces, gigantic platforms as long as the shard, futuristic escalators and tonnes of contemporary art: TfL and Crossrail have joined forces to present their most ambitious presentation of public art ever.
