New images show Crossrail’s 'London tunnelling marathon' making good progress
After thousands of runners hit the streets of London this weekend, Crossrail workers are keeping up the pace on their own underground... Read more...
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Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin visits Crossrail's Plumstead construction site
The transformation of London’s transport infrastructure has been seen by Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin who visited one... Read more...
New Crossrail images show 'London tunnelling marathon' underway beneath the capital
New images released by Crossrail today show the tunnelling marathon taking place beneath the capital, with round-the-clock work on-track... Read more...
Woolwich Crossrail station box completed
With over 400,000 working hours undertaken on the project, the huge station box at Woolwich, which has been built as part of the Crossrail... Read more...
Sophia off to a flying start on Thames Tunnel journey
The construction of Crossrail’s Thames Tunnel got off to a flying start thanks to an innovative new tunnel machine launch method... Read more...
Crossrail’s sixth and seventh tunnelling machines on their way to London
Crossrail’s sixth and seventh tunnel boring machines (TBMs) have rolled off the production line and are set to start their journey... Read more...
Crossrail tunnelling in southeast London gets underway
Sophia, Crossrail’s fifth tunnelling machine, today began her journey from Plumstead to North Woolwich as part of the construction... Read more...
New aerial images give bird’s-eye view of Crossrail as project moves into peak of construction
New aerial images released by Crossrail give an early glimpse of the major new railway being created across London and the southeast.... Read more...
Burrowing below the Thames
Preparation for Crossrail’s endeavour to burrow beneath the Thames continues apace as assembly of Sophia, Crossrail’s first... Read more...
UK’s largest archaeology project uncovers the Bronze Age
The UK’s largest archaeology programme has uncovered its first Bronze Age find as it continues a search for remains of a 3,500... Read more...