Crossrail

Crossrail minister rides train as electrification and testing milestones passed

12 December 2016Crossrail minister Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon rode the train for the first time on a visit to the Derby testing facility, previously visited by RTM when the first train was unveiled. The new cross-London rail link passed fresh milestones as the firs...

Crossrail contractors face prosecution after worker killed by falling concrete

09 December 2016Three major contractors are set to be prosecuted over the death of a Crossrail worker and the injury of two others in three separate accidents during the construction of the tunnel. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) announced that BAM Nuttall...

Crossrail 2 ‘cannot go ahead’ without four-tracking of West Anglia line

09 November 2016MPs for constituencies along the West Anglia line called for the route to be four-tracked in order to accommodate new rolling stock and Crossrail 2 at a Westminster Hall debate yesterday. Sir Alan Haselhurst, the Conservative MP for Saffron Walde...

Crossrail driver simulator installed at Ilford as fleet testing progresses

02 November 2016Crossrail has taken another step forward as testing and driver testing for its new fleet of Bombardier-built Aventra trains begins. The latest report from Transport for London commissioner Mike Brown says that the first test train for the Class 3...

Proposals submitted for Crossrail upgrade of Ilford station

18 October 2016Ilford station will get a new building in the latest stage of improvements as part of the Crossrail project. The Network Rail proposals, now submitted to Redbridge Borough Council, include a new, spacious station building with a glass faça...

Khan rides Elizabeth Line route to mark Crossrail reaching 75% complete

05 September 2016The mayor of London made the first station-to-station journey on the new Elizabeth line last week, as the project reached 75% completion. Sadiq Khan rode a construction train from the new station at Custom House to Canary Wharf. Half of the perma...

Crossrail: Setting the bar high for commuter travel

05 September 2016During a site visit to Bombardier’s testing facility to see the Crossrail train first-hand, RTM caught up with Mark Wild, London Underground’s managing director, to find out more about the project’s development. Luana Salles reports.

Crossrail awards last major contract to Alstom JV

22 August 2016The last contract to build London’s new Crossrail network has been awarded to Alstom, TSO and Costain, it was announced today. The three companies form a joint venture which will receive a £26m contract to build a maintenance facility...

Upgrades on track at Paddington

01 August 2016Work to upgrade Paddington station to prepare for Crossrail and the electrification of the Great Western Main Line is on track, Network Rail and Transport for London have said. Bakerloo Line services to Paddington will start again after work to r...

‘Massive engineering challenge’ at Acton underpass complete

25 July 2016A new dive-under to allow passenger services to pass under freight trains at Acton, being built by Network Rail as part of Crossrail and hailed as a “massive engineering challenge”, has been successfully completed. Work on the underpa...

‘Jigsaw puzzle’ platforms completed at Liverpool Street station

15 July 2016The platforms for Liverpool Street station, which will open as part of the Crossrail line, have now been successfully completed. It took four months to install the two platforms, which are 240m long, around twice the length of existing London Und...

TfL requests £34m increase in Crossrail 2 funding

14 July 2016Funding for Crossrail 2 will need to be increased by £34m, according to papers published ahead of the Transport for London (TfL) board meeting on 19 July. In December 2015, the TfL board increased the project authority for Crossrail 2 to &p...

Interim report aims to quell public concerns about Crossrail 2

08 July 2016Nearly 21,000 members of the public have raised concerns about Crossrail 2 in a public consultation, published today by Transport for London (TfL) and Network Rail. TfL and Network Rail said that following the consultation, they are going to make...

East London line to partially close for Crossrail work at Whitechapel

05 July 2016Some London Overground services on the East London line will be cancelled between 30 July and 7 August to allow for the renovation of Whitechapel station. The construction work is the latest stage in preparations for the cross-London line, offici...

Crossrail work carried out at 19 outer London locations over bank holiday

01 June 2016Work to adapt railways in outer London, Berkshire and Essex for Crossrail was successfully completed over the spring bank holiday weekend. Network Rail carried out 40,000 hours of work at 19 locations on 28-30 May, when the number of passengers w...