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11 April 2012 | By Andy Mitchell, Crossrail Programme Director
2012 is going to be the most exciting year yet for the £14.8 billion Crossrail project with construction moving up a few gears as we enter our tunnelling phase. The year has started with great expectations and excitement for the project not just within Crossrail but also amongst Londoners who…
3 December 2014 | By Dr Michael de Silva, Crossrail
At £15 billion, Crossrail in the UK is the largest infrastructure project in Europe. The new railway will connect 40 stations across London, including Heathrow Airport and Reading in the west with Canary Wharf, Abbey Wood and Shenfield in the east. Crossrail will add 10% extra rail capacity for London…
9 December 2015 | By Chris Enoch, Crossrail Railway Systems Project Manager
How is construction progressing on Crossrail – Europe’s biggest infrastructure project? Chris Enoch, Crossrail Railway Systems Project Manager gives Global Railway Review an update on works and what’s next for the ambitious £14.8 billion rail project to build a new east-west railway across London and the South East.
28 October 2015 | By Kate Douetil
A public consultation has been launched as the next step forward in the development of the new Crossrail 2, which could bring huge economic benefits across the UK. To help relieve the increasing pressure on London’s transport network, Crossrail 2 would serve central London through an underground tunnelled section, between…
16 January 2014 | By Crossrail
Prime Minister David Cameron, Mayor of London Boris Johnson and Crossrail Minister Stephen Hammond viewed progress at Crossrail’s Tottenham Court Road site...
12 December 2009 | By James Abbott, Technical Editor
One of the biggest public transport projects in the world has started in London. Crossrail will provide welcome work at a time when other parts of the construction sector are experiencing a downturn. London is the poor relation amongst European cities when it comes to cross-city suburban rail links. While…
2 August 2018 | By Martin Brown - Crossrail
When presented with the prospect of implementing a health and safety strategy for a major project such as Crossrail, where do you start? Delivering the resultant Elizabeth line – due to open in December 2018 – entailed the construction of a new railway that stretches more than 60 miles from…
10 January 2019 | By Global Railway Review
Despite delays to Crossrail 1, policymakers are urged not to delay decisions on moving forward with future projects such as Crossrail 2.
20 November 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
London’s Mayor and Transport for London (TfL) have revealed designs for the new Bombardier Aventra Crossrail trains due to enter service in May 2017. Mayor of London, Boris Johnson MP and TfL have unveiled designs for the new fully accessible Crossrail trains which are expected to 200 million customers a year.…
28 March 2014 | By Crossrail
Crossrail will now run to Reading after the joint sponsors, the Department for Transport (DfT) and Transport for London (TfL), instructed Crossrail Limited to extend the route...
25 July 2013 | By Department for Transport (DfT)
TfL and DfT, sponsors of Crossrail, have confirmed that Crossrail services will call at Woolwich...
18 May 2011 | By Crossrail
Crossrail announced that Andrew Wolstenholme has been appointed as Crossrail’s new Chief Executive...
18 July 2014 | By MTR Corporation
The MTR Corporation welcomes the announcement by Transport for London that MTR Corporation (Crossrail) Limited has been selected as the preferred operator for the Crossrail Train Operating Concession...
25 February 2015 | By MTR Crossrail
MTR Crossrail announced its full Executive team, ready to start the first phase of the Crossrail Operating Concession on behalf of Rail for London...
30 July 2014 | By MTR Corporation
MTR Corporation (Crossrail) Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of MTR Corporation formally signed a concession agreement with Transport for London to operate the Crossrail train service for an eight-year period with a two-year extension option...
