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Crossrail’s tunnelling in southeast London reaches the half-way point 27 Aug 2013 | 02:00 pm
A major milestone for Crossrail in southeast London has been reached as one of its tunnelling machines reaches Woolwich and the other prepares to start the drive underneath the River Thames.
Transport Minister Stephen Hammond visits Crossrail’s Whitechapel station 23 Aug 2013 | 07:00 pm
New platforms and passageways are being built for Crossrail passengers at an ambitious new station in Whitechapel.
Olympic champions join Crossrail’s marathon tunnelling race 16 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
Crossrail’s seventh tunnel boring machine, Jessica, will start a new race from Stratford today. Named after Olympic champion Jessica Ennis-Hill CBE, Jessica, the 1,000 tonne tunnel boring machine will...
Construction of westbound cavern at Stepney Green complete 15 Aug 2013 | 12:31 pm
Crossrail's eastern running tunnels team has marked another major milestone this week with the completion of the westbound cavern 40m below ground in Stepney Green, just 3 months after the completion ...
New Crossrail Board appointment 8 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
Crossrail Limited today confirmed that TfL Board Member Daniel Moylan has been appointed to the Crossrail Board as a Non-Executive Director.
Evidence of 9,000 year old Londoners discovered 8 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
Crossrail archaeologists have discovered rare evidence of humans living on the Thames 9,000 year ago, in southeast London. The discovery of a Mesolithic ‘tool-making factory’ which included 150 pieces...
TfL and Crossrail unveil images of Tottenham Court Road station as major transport hub takes shape 31 Jul 2013 | 12:00 pm
The future of London’s transport network in the West End is moving ahead at speed as the new £1bn Tottenham Court Road station takes shape.
First Crossrail public realm improvements delivered 31 Jul 2013 | 12:00 pm
Crossrail has lifted the veil on the first of the public realm improvements that major stations across the new transport route will experience as a result of a £90 million investment into improving th...
New figures show impact of Crossrail on jobs and growth around the UK 26 Jul 2013 | 12:00 pm
The stimulus that Crossrail is providing for job creation and growth in the UK’s regions and nations is revealed by new figures showing that more than half of the project’s supply chain spend is takin...
Volunteers to unearth London’s history 25 Jul 2013 | 06:00 pm
Londoners are picking up tools to take part in the UK’s largest archaeology programme by becoming amateur archaeologists for a day to unearth the early history of east London.
