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Anthrax concern for Crossrail dig Subscription Required

19-Mar-2010 | By Ed Owen

Crossrail will test for “Anthrax spores or bacteria causing plague” from a suspected 488 year-old burial pit close to Farringdon, transport secretary Lord Adonis confirmed yesterday although it would be unlikely to delay the project.

Crossrail awards second round of enabling contracts Subscription Required

16-Mar-2010 | By Ed Owen

Crossrail has awarded the second round of enabling works for the £15.9bn scheme for portals at Royal Oak and Pudding Mill, and demolition works at Bond Street and Tottenham Court Road.

Government reveals high speed rail plans

Government reveals £30bn high speed rail plans Subscription Required

11-Mar-2010 | By Alexandra Wynne

Transport secretary Lord Adonis has just announced plans for a new £30bn high speed rail scheme for the UK, which will create an “initial core” network linking London to Birmingham, Manchester, Sheffield and Leeds..

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Tunnel bids for Crossrail

Tunnel bids for Crossrail Subscription Required

11 March 2010 | By Antony Oliver

Full tender documents for the lucrative main TBM tunnel packages on the £15.9bn Crossrail scheme are expected to go to bidders in the next few weeks as the project presses forward with main works procurement.

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Project scope and spec challenged Subscription Required

11 March 2010 | By Antony Oliver and Gemma Goldfingle

Crossrail designers are re-examining the scope and specification of virtually every aspect of the £15.9bn Crossrail project in a bid to ensure that unnecessary or unwanted elements are designed out before construction begins in earnest later this year.

Progress reports

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Boris says 2010 is biggest year yet for Crossrail project Subscription Required

7 January 2010 | By Mark Hansford

London mayor Boris Johnson has said 2010 is poised to be a “huge year” for the £15.9bn Crossrail project with the main construction phase starting in earnest.

Crossrail moves ahead at TCR Subscription Required

05 November 2009 | By Jo Stimpson

The block of Charing Cross Road buildings once containing the famous Astoria Theatre is no more as work steams ahead on the new Tottenham Court Road Crossrail and Tube station.

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Farringdon link is go with Crossrail Subscription Required

17 September 2009 | By Jo Stimpson

Network Rail has secured approval from Islington Council for its plans for an interchange between Thameslink and Crossrail services at Farringdon station in central London. Work will begin immediately on a new integrated ticket hall.

Centre Point Fountain

Westminster City Council approves Crossrail planning briefs Subscription Required

23 July 2009 | By Jo Stimpson

Westminster City Council has approved six planning briefs for the Crossrail construction sites at Bond Street, Paddington and Tottenham Court Road.

Sadiq Khan

Transport Minister praises Crossrail progress Subscription Required

23 July 2009 | By Jo Stimpson

Transport Minister Rt Hon Sadiq Khan MP visited the Crossrail Canary Wharf construction site this week and welcomed its progress.

Crossrail Tottenham Court Road Station

Crossrail announces small claims administrator Subscription Required

27-May-2009 | By Mark Hansford

Crossrail has appointed OSG-Miller International as the administrator for its Small Claims Scheme.

Features

Alexandra Wynne

Viewpoint: Crossrail procurement gathers pace Subscription Required

05 November 2009 | By Alexandra Wynne

The two main tunnelling contracts are about to go out to tender, as the huge project gathers momentum, says NCE transport correspondent Alexandra Wynne

Michael Herrenknecht

Teutonic Tunneller Subscription Required

15 October 2009

Tunnelling guru Martin Herrenknecht speaks out on the importance of Crossrail to Britain’s economy, infrastructure to the world at large and the role tunnel boring machines play. Margo Cole reports.

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Delivering Crossrail: Major project report Subscription Required

24 September 2009

NCE presents its major project report on Crossrail - a comprehensive guide to the project featuring interviews with Crossrail chief executive Rob Holden and Crossrail chairman Terry Morgan.

    Facts and figures



    Crossrail

    Crossrail will be a major new railway across London. 10-coach trains will run at frequencies up to 24 trains per hour.

    It will be integrated with the Tube and national rail networks, and will link Heathrow Airport, the West End, the City of London and Canary Wharf. Crossrail was officially approved by Gordon Brown in October 2007.

    • Original cost: £3bn
    • Latest cost: £15.9bn
    • Start date: preparatory works in 2009, major construction in 2010
    • Opening date: passenger services begin in late 2017
    • Main companies involved: Arup, Atkins, Capita Symonds, Mott MacDonald and Scott Wilson
    • Tunnelled section of the line: 22km
    • Internal tunnel diameter: 6m
    • New trains: 65 to be constructed for Crossrail use
    • Estimated benefit to UK economy: at least £36bn

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