Archives 2009
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Huge year ahead for Crossrail as main construction due to start in 2010
Europe's largest infrastructure project, Crossrail, is set to have a huge year in 2010 as main construction works begin following a year of significant progress during 2009.... Read More
Tuesday 29th December 2009
Bus diversions to enable major Oxford Street utility replacement work - TfL release
Fareham Street to close to traffic to allow works for new Crossrail station to proceed.... Read More
Monday 21st December 2009
Contract awarded for redevelopment of TCR Tube station - TfL release
Transport for London (TfL) today announced that following a competitive tendering process it intends to award the contract for the redevelopment of Tottenham Court Road Tube station to Taylor Woodrow Construction and BAM Nuttall Limited. Main construction will get underway in early 2010.... Read More
Tuesday 8th December 2009
Crossrail announces shortlist for running tunnels contracts
Crossrail Limited today confirmed the shortlist of bidders for two principal tunnelling contracts - Package C300 for Western Running Tunnels and Package C305 for Eastern Running Tunnels.... Read More
Friday 4th December 2009
Crossrail appoints Head of Procurement
Crossrail Ltd (CRL) today appointed Martin Rowark as Head of Procurement. Reporting directly to Commercial Director Martin Buck, he will lead the CRL Procurement Division to achieve best value in the delivery of the procurement requirements of the Crossrail project to programme and budget. Mr Rowark will join Crossrail on 21 December 2009.... Read More
Wednesday 2nd December 2009
Minister sees Farringdon works in progress - DfT & Network Rail release
Transport minister Sadiq Khan visited Farringdon station today to see Network Rail's progress on the £250m scheme which will transform it into one of London's busiest transport hubs.... Read More
Thursday 26th November 2009
Crossrail at Civils 2009
Crossrail is exhibiting at Civils 2009 - the UK's largest civil engineering event being held at Earls Court 2, London on 25-26 November.... Read More
Wednesday 25th November 2009
Crossrail announces tunnelling academy public consultation
Members of the public are invited by Crossrail, the new railway for London and the South East, to view its proposals for a new tunnelling academy at three "open-day" consultation sessions.... Read More
Wednesday 11th November 2009
Four in a telephone box - why Crossrail and Tube investment are vital - London First release
Business organisation London First has today (Tuesday 27 October 2009) unveiled research (link to full report in notes to editors) which shows the benefits - to passengers and to the economy - of maintaining investment in the Tube, and the impacts for commuters of postponing it.... Read More
Tuesday 27th October 2009
New Crossrail route safeguarded - DfT release
The Government is to protect the route of a potential future Crossrail extension from Abbey Wood to Gravesend in Kent, Transport Minister Rt Hon Sadiq Khan MP announced today.... Read More
Wednesday 14th October 2009