First mile of dedicated Crossrail track complete
13 May 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
The first mile of a new two-mile section of dedicated Crossrail track has been laid by Network Rail.
List view / Grid view
Crossrail News
Network Rail bank holiday improvement works complete
5 May 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
Network Rail improvement works during the May Day bank holiday weekend have been completed following a £50m investment.
Custom House Crossrail station complete
25 March 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
The structure of the new Custom House Crossrail station comprising of 825 station components has been completed in a year and a day.
Government safeguards land for proposed Crossrail 2 route
24 March 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
Crossrail 2 moved a step closer today after the Department of Transport (DfT) announced an agreement to protect land of the proposed route from conflicting development.
Crossrail and London Overground operator MTR experiences strong global growth
17 March 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
MTR Corporation has announced strong global growth in the 2014 full-year results. The operator, which will run Crossrail of behalf of Transport for London (TfL), has seen revenue grow by 3.7% to £3.499bn and post-tax underlying profits from its recurrent business increase by 7.9% to £699m.
Crossrail to provide new station building at Hayes and Harlington
13 March 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
Hillingdon Council has today given to go ahead for a new station building to be built Hayes and Harlington as part of the Crossrail programme.
Crossrail tunnelling machine breakthrough at Liverpool Street
12 March 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
Crossrail’s 1,000 tonne tunnel machine dubbed Victoria has successfully broken in to the eastern end of Liverpool Street Crossrail station.
Infotec to create Crossrail passenger information displays
19 February 2015 | By Infotec
Passenger information display specialist Infotec has been awarded the contract to design and manufacture TFT displays for nine stations on the central section of Crossrail...
Balfour Beatty awarded £12.5m Bombardier Crossrail trains facility
17 February 2015 | By Balfour Beatty
Balfour Beatty has secured a £12.5 million contract to create a production, testing and office facility for the new Crossrail trains on behalf of Bombardier in Derby...
Crossrail 2 recognised by business as top of London’s list for next major infrastructure project
15 January 2015 | By Transport for London
Transport for London has appointed four major consulting groups who will help develop more detailed plans for Crossrail 2, the proposed major new rail line which would deliver much needed extra transport capacity in the capital...
Crossrail’s surface works now one third complete
19 December 2014 | By Crossrail
Work on Crossrail’s surface section in outer London, Berkshire and Essex is now one third complete...
New report sets out funding and financing options for Crossrail 2
28 November 2014 | By Department for Transport
An independent report by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) published has set out funding and financing options for Crossrail 2, the high frequency, high capacity rail line that could link south west and north east London to provide additional transport capacity for the capital...
First Crossrail tracks laid
25 November 2014 | By Crossrail
The first section of track to be used by Crossrail trains has been laid on a new bridge in west London...
Mayor awards over £28 million to transform areas around Crossrail stations
19 November 2014 | By Transport for London
The Mayor has awarded over £28 million to outer London boroughs in order for them to transform the public spaces around Crossrail stations...
Government confirms step-free access funding for Crossrail
18 November 2014 | By Department for Transport
All of the stations on the Crossrail project will now offer step-free access thanks to £14 million of investment announced by Transport Minister Baroness Kramer...
