A marshland nature reserve built with the help of more than three million tonnes of soil from the Crossrail scheme is to be expanded. RSPB Wallasea Island, in Essex, includes vast amounts of ...

But as the doors of the new trains open, the project originally known as Crossrail is four years and five months late and £3bn over budget. So is it worth it? 12 trains per hour, one every five ...

London businesses are expected to pay around £250 million towards the cost of building the Elizabeth line in 2025/26 as part ...

Countdown to Crossrail. The dedicated team racing against time to complete the Elizabeth Line. Battling with the ballooning budget and looming launch, can they keep London moving?

In a significant milestone for urban transport development, the UK government, through the Department for Transport (DFT) and Crossrail International (CI), has signed a Memorandum of Understanding ...

In workstream one, the line-wide design concept was proved in an evidence-based way, through working full-scale prototypes and assemblies at Crossrail’s independent test facility. Parties involved ...

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