The central section of the railway will run via Paddington, Bond Street, Tottenham Court Road, Farringdon, Liverpool Street and Whitechapel Stations. This notice is for the construction of civil advance works at these stations, excluding Paddington, that are required to be completed before tunnel works commence at these locations.

The scopes of these works include piling, diaphragm walling, shaft construction and associated civils works.

Programme Director Andy Mitchell said: "These significant pieces of work will be crucial to the Crossrail programme as they will enable each station to receive the Tunnel Boring Machines on schedule at its site."

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For more information contact:

Ankeeta Munsi, Crossrail Press Office
Tel: 020 3229 9552
Email: ankeetamunsi@crossrail.co.uk

Notes for Editors

The scope of the works at the five stations are:

C411 Bond Street

• Works will include secant piles, contiguous piles, bored piles, diaphragm walling and associated civils works, excavation, temporary works and propping.
• The construction of an access shaft including associated civils works, temporary works and propping may be included.

C421 Tottenham Court Road

• Works will include Bored and Secant piles and Diaphragm Walling along with temporary works and propping, excavation and the disposal of arisings and excavated material.
• The construction of an access shaft including associated civils works, temporary works and propping may be included.

C430 Farringdon Station

• Works will include earthworks (excavation and infill), modification of existing and installation of new ventilation infrastructure, associated civils works, secant piles and installation of a temporary construction platform including piled foundations.
• It will also include drainage diversion, demolition, dewatering, shaft construction, bored piles, removal of buried obstructions including services, construction of a crane platform including piling, disposal of arisings and excavated material, settlement monitoring and mitigation

C501 Liverpool Street

• Shaft construction works including the design and installation of diaphragm walling, excavation and disposal of arisings and excavated material, piling and associated civils works.

C511 Whitechapel

• Shaft construction works including diaphragm walling, associated civils works, piling, excavation and disposal of arisings and excavated material, demolition of existing brick retaining wall, temporary works.

Crossrail Progress

The Crossrail Act received Royal Assent on 22 July 2008, granting the powers to build the railway, and Crossrail construction began on 15 May 2009 with work commencing at the new Crossrail Canary Wharf station. The main construction programme begins along the route this year.

In the past year Crossrail moved rapidly ahead with progress which included:

• Crossrail Central, a consortium of Bechtel, Halcrow and Systra appointed Crossrail Project Delivery Partner and Transcend, a consortium of AECOM, CH2M Hill and Nichols Group appointed Crossrail Programme Partner.
• Work at underway on three stations - Canary Wharf, Farringdon and Tottenham Court Road.
• Terry Morgan appointed Chairman with Rob Holden appointed as Chief Executive and new top level management team in place.
• Station design contracts awarded for all central area stations and portals.
• Invitations to Tender issued for two tunnelling contracts and expressions of interest invited for the remaining one.
• Crossrail confirms that some 4 million m³ of excavated materials will be transported to Wallasea Island in Essex for creation of a new nature reserve.
• Crossrail and Port of London Authority sign memorandum of understanding for removal of excavated materials by river.
• Islington Council approves plans for Crossrail/Thameslink station at Farringdon.
• OJEU issued for Paddington Integrated Programme.
• OJEUs issued inviting bids for Crossrail tunnelling packages for Bond Street and Tottenham Court Road Tender submissions.
• Crossrail Visitor Information Centre opened at Tottenham Court Road.
• Site at Aldersbrook in Newham acquired for Tunnelling Academy and OJEU for construction issued.
• European Investment Bank confirms £1 billion loan to TfL for Crossrail.
• TfL award Tottenham Court Road LU station redevelopment to Taylor Woodrow Construction and BAM Nuttall Limited.
• Government confirms that the route from Maidenhead to Reading and from Abbey Wood to Hoo Junction in Kent have been safeguarded to allow a potential future extension of Crossrail.
• Crossrail awarded all 25 design framework contracts.
• Crossrail Central appoints Chief Architect.
• Dwatering of cofferdam in the North Dock (Canary Wharf) for the Canary Wharf Crossrail station began in February 2010.
• Preliminary works at Royal Oak Portal underway.

About Crossrail

Crossrail will run 118 km from Maidenhead and Heathrow in the west, through new twin-bore 21 km tunnels under central London to Shenfield and Abbey Wood in the east. It will bring an additional 1.5 million people within 60 minutes commuting distance of London's key business districts. When Crossrail opens in 2017 it will increase London's rail-based transport network capacity by 10 per cent, supporting regeneration across the capital, helping to secure London's position as a world leading financial centre, and cutting journey times across the city.

Crossrail will deliver substantial economic benefits for all of London and the South East after the new railway opens in 2017. A study published in February 2009 assessed the key benefits including faster journey times, reduced and public transport congestions, improved productivity and higher earnings. When the results are modelled for just one year - 2026 - the annual economic benefit across all of London's boroughs is estimated at £1.24bn at 2008 prices.

Up to 14,000 people will be employed at the peak of construction in 2013/2015, with an estimated further 7000 jobs created indirectly. Crossrail is Europe's largest construction project.

Preparatory works took place throughout 2009. The main construction programming starts in 2010 with tunnelling starting in 2011. Crossrail is scheduled to open for service in 2017.

Crossrail is promoted by Crossrail Limited (CRL). CRL is a wholly owned subsidiary of Transport for London. Crossrail is jointly sponsored by Department for Transport and Transport for London.