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Connaught strengthening work underway in drained dock
Work to strengthen the Connaught Tunnel for use by Crossrail trains is now underway following drainage of 13M litres of water from the Royal Victoria Dock.
Network Rail appoints Crossrail director
Network Rail has appointed Rob McIntosh as its director for Crossrail, the firm announced today.
Network Rail tenders Crossrail station works
Network Rail has invited contractors Balfour Beatty, Costain, Hochtief and VolkerFitzpatrick to tender for Crossrail station works contracts between Stratford, London and Shenfield, Essex.
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Crossrail awards last major construction contract to Costain/Alstom
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Crossrail tunnelling reaches Bond Street
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Government accepts the need for Crossrail 2, says London mayor
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Bond Street breakthrough
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Black death burial ground discovered on Crossrail
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Crossrail submits plans for apartment buildings
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TfL launches search for Crossrail operator
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Balfour Beatty awarded Crossrail contract
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Government abandons private funding for Crossrail trains
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Crossrail cores to be stored in Cheshire salt mine
Contracts news
Picture Stories
Features
Close encounters
Contractors on Crossrail’s western running tunnels are to get their first sight of the cutting face of one of its tunnel boring machines since its launch almost a year ago. Claire Symes visited Bond Street to find out more.
Firing on all fronts
Construction of the first of two Crossrail tunnels below the Thames got underway last week with the launch of the first of the project’s slurry tunnel boring machines (TBMs). Mark Hansford updates on progress on the £14.5bn project.
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Tunnelling: The world goes underground
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Going underground
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Driving Force
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Compensation Culture
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Crossrail: Supporting cast below the capital's streets
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Crossrail: On the blocks
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Tottenham Court Road: Underground sensation
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Crossrail tunnels: Delivery driver
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Infrastructure 2012: Thinking along the right lines
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Infrastructure 2012: Keeping the economy growing
covering the construction of the new express railway which will run beneath central London from west to east, largely underground
- Relevant links:
- Crossrail website
- Crossrail Twitter feed
- Crossrail route details
Alexandra Wynne
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Comment
The case for keeping Crossrail 2 alive
Those who think that too much infrastructure money is spent on rail projects, and that too much of that is spent in London, had better look away now. Because last week London business leaders heard the compelling case for Crossrail 2 - the proposed south west to north east rail route under central London.
Crossrail: Major Project Report
Delivering Crossrail: Major project report
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.
