Crossrail completes tunnels in Docklands and southeast London
Crossrail’s train tunnels in Docklands and southeast London are now structurally complete, following the breakthrough by tunnel... Read more...
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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...
#TeamCrossrail Blog: CHARLOTTE FRANKLIN, TUNNEL BORING MACHINE & CONTROL ROOM ENGINEER
Growing up my Dad had worked as a welder on the Channel Tunnel Project and it had been his conversations and memories which inspired... Read more...
Crossrail tunnelling machine Jessica completes her journey
Crossrail’s tunnel boring machine Jessica has completed a new train tunnel from Limmo Peninsula, near Canning Town, breaking... Read more...
Restoration of derelict Victorian rail tunnel complete
Work to breathe new life into the Connaught Tunnel – a disused rail tunnel in Docklands – has been completed as part of... Read more...
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 tunnelling machine Ellie completes journey at Stepney Green
Tunnel Boring Machine Ellie has broken through into a cavern 40m beneath Stepney Green, in the East End of London.
Chancellor unveils Crossrail’s new tunnels under the Thames
On Friday, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Rt. Hon George Osborne, unveiled London's newest tunnel under the River Thames.
Mini Crossrail tunnelling machine starts new sewer
Crossrail has launched its smallest tunnelling machine Molley to build a new Thames Water sewer in west London.