Crossrail - Page 4

News

Testing on Crossrail Aventras begins ahead of 2017 service

The first Class 345 will begin testing at Bombardier’s Derby Litchurch Lane in May.

12 Apr

News

Network Rail submits Acton station plans

Proposals for a new station building at Acton Main Line have been submitted by Network Rail for Ealing Council to approve.

18 Mar

Feature

Crossrail is engineering change

PAUL STEPHEN discovers how Crossrail is challenging gender stereotypes and nurturing the next generation of railway engineers

Staff and employment 16 Mar

News

RAIL ARCHIVE: RAIL 792

A selection of features from RAIL issue 792 (January 20 - February 2 2016)

5 Mar

News

Crossrail to be named the Elizabeth Line

London Mayor Boris Johnson announced that Crossrail will be known as the Elizabeth Line when it opens in 2018

25 Feb

News

A busy 2016 planned as Crossrail remains on schedule

Crossrail has announced that the £14.8 billion programme to deliver a new cross-London railway is now 70% complete.

10 Feb

Feature

A project at the heart of the nation

RICHARD CLINNICK finds out what’s under the aluminium skin of Bombardier’s new Crossrail trains

Light rail 3 Feb

News

Perry salutes Crossrail for developing female engineers

Crossrail hailed by Rail Minister Claire Perry for its role in attracting more women into engineering.

21 Jan

Feature

Crossrail advances across London landscape

As the £14.9 billion flagship project shifts away from tunnelling towards surface works, MATTHEW STEELE tells PAUL STEPHEN what happens next

Major projects 20 Jan

News

ANIMATION: Crossrail track construction

Video shows how Crossrail's multi-purpose gantries lay sleepers and rail track in their tunnels

16 Dec

News

ANIMATION: Crossrail concreting train

Video of how concreting train is used to fit-out the Crossrail tunnels

16 Dec

An overview of London Liverpool Street's redevelopment on November 20.

Gallery

London Liverpool Street - behind the scenes tour

PAUL BIGLAND presents a selection of images behind the scenes of the Liverpool Street redevelopment.

4 Dec

Gallery

Inside Crossrail's tunnels

Crossrail has released new images highlighting the fit-out activity underway in the £14.9 billion project's tunnels beneath London.

2 Dec

Gallery

Prince Philip visits Crossrail site

On November 4, the Duke of Edinburgh Prince Philip was shown around Farringdon Crossrail site by Bechtel engineers

23 Nov

The exterior of the Class 345s Bombardier will deliver to Crossrail. TRANSPORT FOR LONDON.

News

VIDEO: London's new Crossrail train revealed

Bombardier’s Class 345 Aventras will provide space for 1,500 passengers

20 Nov

Gallery

Crossrail surface works reach halfway point

Network Rail announced today (November 18) that it is halfway through the delivery of the £2.3bn programme to improve the existing railway for Crossrail.

18 Nov

News

Crossrail Flyover takes shape

Work on Stockley Flyover in London is moving closer to completion, with the final concrete beam to support its second ramp fitted six weeks ahead of schedule.

16 Nov

News

Crossrail concrete train starts work at Plumstead

The first trains have entered Crossrail’s tunnel at Plumstead in southeast London. A 465 metre-long concrete train was hauled into the tunnel by GBRf '66s'.

13 Nov

News

McLoughlin witnesses Crossrail’s rapid development

Crossrail is proof plans to build a rail network fit for the 21st century is “firmly on track”, Secretary of State for Transport Patrick McLoughlin claims.

13 Nov

News

Carne opposes five-year funding cycle for big projects

NR's Mark Carne told the PAC “there is no doubt at all in my view” that GWML electrification should have been managed the same way as Crossrail and Thameslink.

11 Nov

Crossrail - Page 4

Testing on Crossrail Aventras begins ahead of 2017 service

Network Rail submits Acton station plans

Crossrail is engineering change

RAIL ARCHIVE: RAIL 792

Crossrail to be named the Elizabeth Line

A busy 2016 planned as Crossrail remains on schedule

A project at the heart of the nation

Perry salutes Crossrail for developing female engineers

Crossrail advances across London landscape

ANIMATION: Crossrail track construction

ANIMATION: Crossrail concreting train

London Liverpool Street - behind the scenes tour

Inside Crossrail's tunnels

Prince Philip visits Crossrail site

VIDEO: London's new Crossrail train revealed

Crossrail surface works reach halfway point

Crossrail Flyover takes shape

Crossrail concrete train starts work at Plumstead

McLoughlin witnesses Crossrail’s rapid development

Carne opposes five-year funding cycle for big projects

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No takers so first DB Cargo UK Class 67 goes for scrap

HS2 faces £100bn cost and delay until late-2030s, government told

FirstGroup explains why Class 222s were "only option" for Lumo Euston-Stirling service

Crossrail - Page 4

Testing on Crossrail Aventras begins ahead of 2017 service

Network Rail submits Acton station plans

Crossrail is engineering change

RAIL ARCHIVE: RAIL 792

Crossrail to be named the Elizabeth Line

A busy 2016 planned as Crossrail remains on schedule

A project at the heart of the nation

Perry salutes Crossrail for developing female engineers

Crossrail advances across London landscape

ANIMATION: Crossrail track construction

ANIMATION: Crossrail concreting train

London Liverpool Street - behind the scenes tour

Inside Crossrail's tunnels

Prince Philip visits Crossrail site

VIDEO: London's new Crossrail train revealed

Crossrail surface works reach halfway point

Crossrail Flyover takes shape

Crossrail concrete train starts work at Plumstead

McLoughlin witnesses Crossrail’s rapid development

Carne opposes five-year funding cycle for big projects

Most read

No takers so first DB Cargo UK Class 67 goes for scrap

HS2 faces £100bn cost and delay until late-2030s, government told

FirstGroup explains why Class 222s were "only option" for Lumo Euston-Stirling service

GB Railfreight planning to repurpose at least 12 more Class 66s for heavy trainloads

DB Cargo UK discussing transferring drivers to rival as it deals with Network Rail contract loss

FirstGroup confirms Class 222s for Euston-Stirling Lumo route

Chiltern Railways on verge of agreeing deal to take ex-TransPennine Express Mk 5s

Why the Class 67s have been running on borrowed time for nearly the whole of their lives

Network Rail begins process to replace rail infrastructure monitoring trains