Crossrail

Surface work begins on eastern section of Crossrail

30 July 2015Construction work has begun in three key areas of the surface section of the Crossrail Anglia route as part of the £150m spur project by Network Rail. Work in the 16.4-mile section from Stratford in east London to Shenfield in Essex will fo...

London mayor and businesses press for Crossrail 2 funds

17 July 2015The mayor of London announced the creation of a Crossrail 2 Growth Commission in an effort to maximise the benefits of the proposed new railway and call for government support. This was just a few hours after the Times published an open letter fr...

Crossrail spoil put to good use at RSPB reserve

13 July 2015Construction work on the first phase of a major RSPB nature reserve that has used three million tonnes of excavated material from Crossrail was completed successfully this weekend. The Wallasea Island Wild Coast project, just north of Southend-on...

Crossrail 2 requests funding from TfL board

24 June 2015The Crossrail 2 team has asked for an additional £14.1m for its current phase of planning. The agenda for the next meeting of the TfL board shows that it is to consider a request from Michèle Dix, managing director of Crossrail 2, to...

Crossrail completes tunnelling work

04 June 2015Crossrail has completed the tunnelling works on the new £14.8bn east-west railway, with 26 miles of new train tunnels created under the capital.  The prime minister, David Cameron, and mayor of London, Boris Johnson, celebrated the com...

Piecing it all together at custom house

01 May 2015Crossrail’s only Central Section surface station has had its superstructure made 130 miles away and delivered in pre-cast pieces for installation. That part of the build has just finished, explains project manager Mujahid Khalid. The skelet...

Structure for new Crossrail station – built off-site in Derbyshire – completed

25 March 2015The structure of the new Crossrail Custom House station in the Royal Docks has been completed. Large sections of the station were manufactured in a state of the art Laing O’Rourke facility in Steetley, near Sheffield and then transported mo...

Crossrail 2 safeguarding agreed

24 March 2015Crossrail 2 has taken a step forward as the safeguarding for the route has been agreed. The safeguarding was granted by the transport secretary, Patrick McLoughlin, and updated the previous safeguarding directions for the Chelsea to Hackney Line...

Tunnelling machine Victoria breaks into Liverpool Street

12 March 2015Tunnel machine Victoria has successfully broken into the eastern end of Liverpool Street Crossrail station this week, joining her sister machine Elizabeth, which arrived in January.  The breakthrough, on Tuesday 10 March at about 1pm, is par...

Garrandale awarded contract to help deliver Crossrail trains

06 March 2015Garrandale has been awarded a £15m contract by Bombardier to help deliver the Crossrail train contract. The deal will see Garrandale supply the front ends of the 65 Crossrail trains, as well as all the assembly and production line equipment...

TfL appoints consultants to develop Crossrail 2 plans

10 February 2015Transport for London (TfL) has appointed four consulting groups to develop detailed plans for Crossrail 2, and help make the case for funding for the major infrastructure project.  The consultants chosen formed part of TfL’s Engineerin...

Crossrail breaks into Liverpool Street

30 January 2015Elizabeth, one of the last two Crossrail tunnelling machines, has arrived in the City of London after breaking through in to Liverpool Street Crossrail station. The breakthrough, 40m beneath the City of London, is part of Crossrail’s longes...

TfL appoints consulting groups to develop Crossrail 2 plans

15 January 2015Transport for London (TfL) has appointed four consulting groups to develop detailed plans for Crossrail 2. Crossrail 2 will link ‘key growth areas’ in south-west and north-east London, and will also serve some destinations in Surrey a...

Contract awarded for £40m Bakerloo Line link

07 January 2015The contract to design and build the Paddington link tunnel has been awarded to Costain Skanska Joint Venture, London Underground has announced. The tunnel will link the new Crossrail station and the Bakerloo Line platforms and the contract is wo...

The world of rail, from Afghanistan to Crossrail

01 January 2015A bright young engineer from Afghanistan has worked on Crossrail and is about to study for his Master’s in the USA, having received pointers on his career from the UK Rail Industry Training Trust, launched by RTM. Adam Hewitt reports. Ahmad...