"Paul Terry" wrote:

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Tristán White writes

Anyone know whether, when Abbey Wood becomes the terminus of
Crossrail, it will close down for any considerable length of time for
rebuilding work between now and 2018, and if so when (ie when is that
whole station going to be rebuilt?)

There may be a better source than this:
http://democracy.bexley.gov.uk/mgAi.aspx?ID=7397

But it indicates that the LB of Bexley has been informed that Abbey Wood
will now stay open during the rebuild (which is due to start in 2013, and
which will take longer than the original proposal to close the station
during construction).

Dunno how helpful they'd be, but your friends could always try contacting
the Crossrail helpdesk (which helpfully uses a telephone icon on the
website, yet doesn't show a telephone number to call):
http://www.crossrail.co.uk/contact

It seems you can also sign up to a 'station news' service, specifying the
particular station of interest - presumably email updates will arrive in due
course:
http://www.crossrail.co.uk/station-news