Crossrail begins last east London tunnel
Tunnel machine Ellie has started her 900 metre journey from Limmo Peninsula, near Canning Town, towards Victoria Dock Portal in east... Read more...
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Crossrail casts its final concrete tunnel segment
Crossrail has manufactured the last of its 250,000 concrete segments, used to line the tunnels of Europe’s largest infrastructure... Read more...
The BBC goes behind the scenes for Crossrail documentary series
The BBC will air a three-part documentary taking the public behind the scenes of Europe’s largest infrastructure project as it... Read more...
Crossrail begins new Docklands tunnel drive
Crossrail today started its shortest tunnel drive from Limmo Peninsula, beside Canning Town station, towards Victoria Dock Portal in... Read more...
Crossrail’s eighth tunnel boring machine launches in east London
Tunnel Boring Machine Ellie has begun her journey from Pudding Mill Lane to Stepney Green in London’s East End.
Tunnelling giant Victoria breaks through into Canary Wharf Crossrail station
Crossrail’s giant tunnelling machine Victoria has joined sister TBM Elizabeth in Canary Wharf box this week, after successfully... Read more...
Last chance for public to nominate their ‘modern day heroes’ in TBM naming competition
What have Olympians, Paralympians, politicians, members of the Royal Family, actresses, pop stars and famous authors got in common?... Read more...
Major breakthrough for Crossrail as tunnelling machine enters Canary Wharf station
The Crossrail project has celebrated its biggest milestone so far as one of its huge 1,000 tonne tunnelling machines has broken through... Read more...
Construction of east bound cavern at Stepney Green complete
Crossrail construction at Stepney Green shaft marked a major milestone this week with the completion of the eastbound cavern ahead... Read more...
Crossrail competition asks public to name our last two tunnelling machines
Crossrail has today asked the public to nominate their ‘modern day heroes’ as part of a naming competition for the final... Read more...