Crossrail

Crossrail CEO Wolstenholme to step down after seven years at organisation

09 March 2018Andrew Wolstenholme is to step down as chief executive of Crossrail, it has been announced. After seven years, Wolstenholme will take up a new role in the private sector, and programme director Simon Wright will lead the organisation in a combin...

Crossrail engineers hit key track, signalling and infrastructure milestones

07 March 2018A series of milestones have been reached as railway upgrades have been completed along the Crossrail route. Network Rail has completed track work at Pudding Mill Lane, where the Elizabeth line tunnels emerge and meet with the national rail infras...

DfT launches Crossrail 2 affordability review to ensure value for money

05 March 2018Chris Grayling has announced an independent review to ensure the affordability of Crossrail 2. Speaking at the Transport for the Northern Powerhouse conference in Leeds last Friday, the transport secretary explained that the Independent Affordabi...

Phasing issues put Crossrail construction £190m over expected cost

26 February 2018Construction costs on the Crossrail programme have come in 20% over the planned costs, amounting to around £190m of extra spending on the year to date. The difference in cost has been attributed in part to the phasing of certain works, with...

First Elizabeth Line trains run from Paddington for testing

21 February 2018The first Crossrail trains have started running from Paddington to Reading this week. In a Twitter post from the Elizabeth line’s account, it was revealed that the new Class 345 trains are undergoing testing from Paddington to as far as Rea...

NIC chair: Government must commit to clear plan for Crossrail 2 and NPR

16 February 2018Progress on Crossrail 2 and Northern Powerhouse Rail has been branded “hugely disappointing”, by the National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) chair, Sir John Armitt. The NIC’s first Annual Monitoring Report, published today, has...

New Abbey Wood station opens on schedule

23 October 2017Abbey Wood’s new station building which will serve the Elizabeth Line in London and the south east has opened today. The station has been delivered by Network Rail as part of the Crossrail project to allow passengers using the Elizabeth lin...

Elizabeth Line celebrates key milestone as track installation work completed

14 September 2017A major landmark has been reached by Crossrail today as it announced that it had completed permanent track installation work on the Elizabeth Line. Transport secretary Chris Grayling joined deputy mayor for transport Val Shawcross, Crossrail chai...

New Elizabeth Line trains bugged by insect problem in early testing

18 August 2017The wind screen wipers on TfL’s new Class 345 rolling stock to run on the Elizabeth Line encountered some difficulties in early testing from a build-up of insects, RTM can exclusively reveal. Despite being tested in a state-of-the-art facil...

Crossrail reaches halfway point of Elizabeth Line escalator fit-out

17 August 2017Over half of the escalators have now been installed at Elizabeth Line stations, Crossrail has this week revealed. New pictures have shown how the construction is progressing as the company reaches the halfway point of its programme installing the...

TfL on new Elizabeth Line train delay: roll-out ‘all about confidence’

14 August 2017The roll-out of Crossrail’s new trains was delayed earlier this year to ensure they would not experience any problems when they entered service in order to maintain the confidence of the public, staff and TOCs, RTM was told today.   Th...

Crossrail updates passengers on Elizabeth Line construction progress

10 August 2017Pictures released by Crossrail have shown strong progress being made on the construction process for the Elizabeth Line above ground. Services have now started running on the line from Shenfield in East London to Liverpool Street, but constructio...

Deal struck to bring Elizabeth Line services to Heathrow

05 July 2017Elizabeth Line services will now serve Heathrow Terminal 5 as part of a new plan between the airport, Transport for London (TfL) and Department for Transport (DfT). From 2019, at least 22 trains per hour, of which six will be on the Elizabeth Lin...

Crossrail unveils new pictures showing progress with tunnel fit-out work

03 July 2017Crossrail has today released new images showing the progress being made on installing the overhead catenary system as part of the tunnel fit-out for the new service. Engineers are currently working around the clock to install the 2 x 25kV overhea...

Crossrail remains on budget, but cost pressures increasing

30 June 2017The cost of constructing Crossrail is forecast to stay within its £14.8bn budget, but cost pressures are still increasing across the project, a statement released by the DfT has revealed. In its annual update of Crossrail, the department re...