News
Thursday 5th January 2012
Contract to ship excavated material to Wallasea Island
Crossrail has now awarded the contract to ship excavated material from Crossrail’s construction to Wallasea Island, Essex to create a new RSPB nature reserve.... Read More
Thursday 22nd December 2011
Crossrail tunnelling to start in less than 100 days
Crossrail has unveiled the first of eight, 1,000 tonne tunnel boring machines (TBM) that will construct the new Crossrail tunnels under central London.... Read More
Monday 19th September 2011
TUCA delivered on time
Crossrail's Tunnelling and Underground Construction Academy (TUCA) has been completed within the thirty week design and build period.... Read More
Thursday 5th May 2011
Historic landmark removed for safekeeping
Stratford Place’s historic ‘Porter’s Lodge’ has been removed for safekeeping in advance of demolition work.... Read More
Thursday 28th April 2011
Reuse of the Connaught Tunnel
Crossrail has unveiled plans to reuse the Connaught Tunnel in East London. Originally built in 1878, the currently disused Connaught Tunnel is 550m long and was constructed using the ‘cut and cover’ method, i.e. excavating a trench then roofing it over.... Read More
Thursday 21st April 2011
Lorry driver training update
Crossrail’s Logistics Team reached a major milestone last month when they delivered the 50th session of the Crossrail Lorry Driver Induction Training Course.... Read More
Friday 15th April 2011
Interesting finds at Liverpool Street
The construction of Crossrail through the heart of London will result in one of the most extensive archaeological programmes ever undertaken in the UK.... Read More
Thursday 7th April 2011
Future engineers animate Crossrail
Students from two London schools took part in a media workshop at the BBC last week as part of an engineering project inspired by Crossrail.... Read More
Tuesday 29th March 2011
Crossrail is good news for Maidenhead students
Three pupils from Claires Court School in Maidenhead visited Crossrail HQ at the beginning of this month as part of the ‘BBC News School Report 2011’.... Read More
Monday 21st March 2011
Crossrail platform mock-up
Images of a full size mock-up of a below ground Crossrail platform were released by the Crossrail press team last week.... Read More
