Crossrail say project is now 75% complete

The Crossrail project is beginning to take shape and is now over three quarters completed, with  construction well underway on the ten new stations as thoughts now turn towards the architectural fit-out.

This includes the distinct characteristics on show with the echoes of Brunel at Paddington, jewels at Farringdon and the theatres and nightlife at Tottenham Court Road. It is envisaged that the stations will be reflective of the local area’s environment and heritage.

People can take a sneak peak at how the Elizabeth Line, London’s newest railway, will look in ‘the design line’ exhibition at the London Transport Museum. On show will be new models, station visualisations, archive images and artefacts from the project.

A new book is also available titled ‘Platform for Design’ that explores the design of the new and upgraded stations, the new public spaces, the trains and the artworks being delivered by Crossrail.

Crossrail’s construction programme has seen the installation of nearly 20 kilometres of permanent track inside the new tunnels and further progress being made on the mechanical and electrical fit out, to turn them into working railways.

This includes the installation of the first eight kilometres of cables between Plumstead and Woolwich station. Network Rail is continuing the enhancements with electrification works and station upgrades on the outer sections of the route.

TfL Rail celebrated its first year of successful service on the route between Liverpool Street and Shenfield.

Up until the end of 2015/16, more than 38 million passengers used the new service on this route and experienced improvements on the service including staffed stations from the first to last train.

Passengers also enjoyed igreater reliability and further integration into the rest of London’s public transport network.

TfL Rail will continue until the Elizabeth line service takes over this route when it opens in 2018.

 

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