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Doing business with Crossrail As a publicly-owned company, Crossrail has a duty in the acquisition of works, supplies and services to obtain value for money, comply with the law and apply ethical behaviour in the management and expenditure of public funds.

Construction

The Crossrail project is the largest civil engineering project in the UK and the largest single addition to the London transport network for over 50 years

Crossrail preparatory works start in 2009 with major construction commencing in 2010. The railway will take some eight years to complete. Passenger services are programmed to begin in late 2017.

On these pages you will be able to follow the progress of the construction of the railway; check on how construction may impact your local area; read about Crossrail's commitment to health and safety and download the project's Undertakings and Assurances

Safeguarding » Safeguarding is the process by which the proposed route or location of a government project is protected from conflicting development. Tunnelling » The Crossrail route links the new stations at Paddington, Bond Street, Tottenham Court Road, Farringdon, Liverpool Street and Whitechapel. The railway divides at Stepney Green, with the southeast spur running underground to Plumstead and then onto Abbey Wood via the Isle of Dogs and the north east spur running underground to Pudding Mill and then onto Shenfield in Essex. All of this adds up to 42km of bored tunnels located below the busy streets of London Career opportunities » Scheduled to open in 2017, Crossrail is Europe's largest civil engineering construction project. A large and varied skills base is needed to build a project of the size and complexity of Crossrail and up to 14000 people will be needed by the project's supply chain at the peak of construction. Crossrail maps » The maps section helps you see Crossrail's exact route and regions the service will operate in. A connections map also illustrates the various points at which Crossrail will connect to other transport services.

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