Ealing Students Eye Catching Train Designs

Posters will grace new fleet of TfL trains from Paddington

Students from two Special Educational Needs Schools in Ealing are part of a group who have have had their work installed across Transport for London’s (TfL) new trains, which are now running on TfL Rail from Paddington station.

The artistic young Londoners have had their winning entries made into train and station posters after submitting their designs to TfL as part of a competition.

Students from London primary and secondary schools, Special Educational Needs schools, colleges and universities near the Elizabeth line route were invited to take part, with 110 entries received.

Five eye-catching new designs were selected for the TfL Rail network in the west, which will become part of the Elizabeth line in December.

(Aaron Samuel)

They have been designed by:

• ·         Aaron Samuel, Springhallow School, Ealing
• ·         Rene St. Bernard, Sybil Elgar School, Southall
• ·         Anjuma Reshma Anbia, Swanlea School, Whitechapel
• ·         Ellie Tse, London College of Communication - University of the Arts London (UAL)
• ·         Eve French, London College of Communication - University of the Arts London

(Rene St Bernard)

One of the key criteria for the students was to present the benefits of the new TfL Rail services between Paddington and Heathrow Airport, which will become part of the Elizabeth line from December. The winning designs showcase a variety of improvements including that stations are now staffed from first to last train and that customers can travel along the route using Oyster and contactless payment. Their creative work also highlights that pay as you go fares on TfL Rail are in line with, or cheaper than previous Heathrow Connect fares.

Chris Macleod, TfL’s Customer Director, said: “It’s been great to be able to exhibit these brilliant works of art in the new Elizabeth line trains running on TfL Rail from Paddington station. These young Londoners are the future of our city and we are glad to share their original poster designs with thousands of people living and working in west London.

“I hope that Aaron, Rene, Anjuma, Ellie and Eve will enjoy seeing their inspirational design work on TfL Rail ahead of the launch of the Elizabeth line in December.”

Elizabeth line trains feature walk-through carriages, improved accessibility with dedicated wheelchair areas, air-conditioning as well as three sets of wide double doors along each carriage for quicker and easier boarding and alighting. Improved travel information for customers to plan their onward journeys is also provided using digital screens.

These new trains are initially running from Paddington to Hayes & Harlington and are 160 metres long, made up of seven carriages. They will later be extended to nine carriages and the full length of 200 metres to carry up to 1,500 people at a time.

When the Crossrail project is fully complete in December 2019, the Elizabeth line will carry over 200 million passengers a year adding 10 per cent to central London’s rail capacity.

June 19 2018