London's new Crossrail route to be named the 'Elizabeth Line'

The new railway line which will run under London is to be named after the Queen.

Crossrail, which will link parts of Berkshire and Buckinghamshire to Essex, will be known as the Elizabeth line once it opens through the centre of the capital in December 2018.

The announcement was made by London Mayor Boris Johnson as the Queen visited the under-construction Bond Street station.

She unveiled the purple Elizabeth line logo which will feature across the network.

The Queen was taken in an industrial lift to the site 92ft (28m) below ground, where she viewed part of the railway tunnel and met construction apprentices dressed in bright orange jackets and trousers.