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Crossrail meaning

  1. A rail that goes across something.
  2. A commuter rail line that crosses a major city through a tunnel and which continues for a significant distance into the surrounding areas, generally with relatively high speeds and widely spaced stations compared to an underground or metro.

Using Crossrail

  • The main meaning on this page is: A rail that goes across something. | A commuter rail line that crosses a major city through a tunnel and which continues for a significant distance into the surrounding areas, generally with relatively high speeds and widely spaced stations compared to an underground or metro.
  • In the example corpus, crossrail often appears in combinations such as: crossrail project, the crossrail, of crossrail.

Context around Crossrail

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 22.2 words
  • Position in the sentence: 10 start, 7 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations

Often before:

original 1× surface 1× overdue 1× projects 1× new 1×

Often after:

project 3× ltd 2× bill 1× construction 1× illustrates 1× delay 1× opens 1× hasn 1× refers 1× services 1×

Sentence patterns with Crossrail

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

comes to crossrail 1× crossrail hasn t 1× crossrail is coming 1× crossrail refers more 1× crossrail services between 1× crossrail will have 1× details of crossrail illustrates the 1× even the crossrail delay look 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

all have undergone 1× an update from 1× crossrail hasn t 1× crossrail is coming 1× crossrail refers more 1× crossrail services between 1×

Common sentence endings:

and abbey wood 1× by the government 1× challenging final phase 1× comes to crossrail 1× coming to london 1× delay look passable 1×

Words around Crossrail

Just before it in the word index:

crosspoint 8 crossplex 3 crossplay 16 crossplane 4 crosspiece 2 crossovers 141

Just after it in the word index:

crossrice 2 crossriverwatch 7 crossroad 27 crossroads 436 crosstalk 28 crossties 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

abbe 37 abdollahian 37 abergavenny 37 abeyance 37 abounded 37 acetylene 37

Corpus analysis for Crossrail

  • In this selection, "crossrail" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 22.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, original, surface, overdue, project, ltd and bill stand out and add context to how "crossrail" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include comes to crossrail and crossrail hasn t. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "crossrail" sits close to words such as abbe, abdollahian and abergavenny, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with crossrail

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Crossrail hasn't happened yet but that's by the by. (11 words)

When Crossrail opens, trains will initially run between Paddington and Abbey Wood. (12 words)

All have undergone massive extension or refurbishment work in preparation for Crossrail. (12 words)

Longer example sentences

Mark Wild, the chief executive of Crossrail Ltd, which is the Transport for London-owned firm building the railway, said 'good progress' is being made but the railway is in its 'critical and most challenging final phase'. (37 words)

Probably a justified concern if some recent infrastructure projects (Crossrail) are used as examples but it was Oscar Wilde who talked about the person who knew the cost of everything but the value of nothing! (35 words)

An update from Crossrail Ltd at the end of August said the opening of the railway, which will be called the Elizabeth Line, was to be delayed again until the first half of 2022. (34 words)

Exclamation examples

Probably a justified concern if some recent infrastructure projects (Crossrail) are used as examples but it was Oscar Wilde who talked about the person who knew the cost of everything but the value of nothing! (35 words)

Example sentences (20)

The original Crossrail project was first proposed in 1941 but it took until 2005 for the Crossrail bill to be proposed by the government.

While very little is confirmed, rumours of Crossrail 2 are never far from Londoners' ears.

An update from Crossrail Ltd at the end of August said the opening of the railway, which will be called the Elizabeth Line, was to be delayed again until the first half of 2022.

As with all proposed sub-surface Crossrail 2 stations (of which there could be up to 11), Euston St Pancras would have step-free access between station and street.

Crossrail will have to reduce its costs – which have soared to £19bn - to plug the gap.

He also wants to seize the reins of the overdue Crossrail project “to make sure there is no further slippage or increase in cost”.

We have also taken the step to temporarily pause all TfL and Crossrail construction work to reduce the number of construction workers needing to travel into central London.

But even a glance at the details of Crossrail illustrates the difficulties TfL faced completing Europe’s largest infrastructure project and how a focus on the negative would mean nothing got built.

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It had to be re-sited in 1864, just under three years after it was opened, in an example of poor planning that makes even the Crossrail delay look passable.

Mark Wild, the chief executive of Crossrail Ltd, which is the Transport for London-owned firm building the railway, said 'good progress' is being made but the railway is in its 'critical and most challenging final phase'.

Probably a justified concern if some recent infrastructure projects (Crossrail) are used as examples but it was Oscar Wilde who talked about the person who knew the cost of everything but the value of nothing!

The Canary Wharf dispensers will be stationed in Jubilee Place, Churchill Place and Crossrail Place Roof Garden from Thursday.

The exterior on the new Crossrail project at Whitechapel station in East London as the Elizabeth Line.

When Crossrail opens, trains will initially run between Paddington and Abbey Wood.

All have undergone massive extension or refurbishment work in preparation for Crossrail.

Crossrail hasn't happened yet but that's by the by.

Crossrail is coming, and with it, a whole new fleet of trains is coming to London.

Crossrail refers more to the infrastructure project ( is already in the pipeline.

Crossrail services between Paddington and Heathrow will replace the Heathrow Connect trains, and be 10p or 20p cheaper, depending on the time of day.

Heathrow Airport is the exception to the rule in several ways, when it comes to Crossrail.

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Common combinations with crossrail

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "crossrail" in a sentence?
An example: "The original Crossrail project was first proposed in 1941 but it took until 2005 for the Crossrail bill to be proposed by the government." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "crossrail" from authentic English texts.
What does "crossrail" mean?
Crossrail means: A rail that goes across something.
How many example sentences with "crossrail" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "crossrail", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.