Photos from inside Crossrail’s tunnels

Deep under the centre of London, Crossrail is laying some rather unusual railway tracks that are not often used in the UK... they float.

Crossrail is Dead: Long live the Lizzy line

Crossrail has been killed off, it is no more, it is not resting, it is undeniably... dead.

Paddington’s Bakerloo Line station to close for 4 months

TfL has confirmed what was suspected earlier, and that the Bakerloo Line wont be stopping at Paddington Station from April until the middle of August - because a new tunnel is being dug to link it to Crossrail.

Taking a look at Crossrail’s terminus at Abbey Wood

In a couple of years time, the name of a small station in the depths of South-East London will become suddenly very familiar to millions of Londoners as its name is repeatedly read out as the final destination -- for Crossrail.

Photos from inside Crossrail’s Paddington Station

Sitting next to Paddington Station, a vast box has been dug down into the ground to create an impressive interchange for Crossrail commuters.

A look at Crossrail’s critical Acton dive under

Not far from Paddington can be found a small, but surprisingly important part of the Crossrail project.

New glass canopy entrance opens at TCR tube station

Tottenham Court Road Tube station's new glass canopy entrance opens to the public today.

New photos from inside the Crossrail tunnels

Crossrail has released photos of some of its tunnels, as they turn from digging tunnels to putting a railway inside the tunnels.

Latest images of future Crossrail trains

Transport for London (TfL) has shown off the latest images of designs for the new Crossrail trains.

New photos of Crossrail tunnels at Bond Street

New photos have been released by Crossrail showing the continued construction progress at Bond Street station.

Construction of Crossrail station at Abbey Wood underway

Network Rail has begun work to build the new station at Abbey Wood as part of the Crossrail programme.

Book tickets to visit Crossrail building sites

Ticket booking to visit some Crossrail building sites will open tomorrow (Tues 1st Sept), so consider this blog post a reminder to keep an eye on the Crossrail website. Edit — the page went live, telling people to come back…

The bit of Crossrail that is 3-times deeper than a tube train

Around 150 metres below ground, and nearly three times deeper than the deepest tube train, can be found a part of the Crossrail network.

Crossrail uncovers burial pit of Great Plague victims

A mass burial site suspected of containing 30 victims of The Great Plague of 1665 has been unearthed at Crossrail's Liverpool Street building site.

New book about Crossrail released

Now that Crossrail has completed all its tunnels (yes, really!), its time for a book to applaud the effort.

Photos from the Crossrail tunnels under Farringdon

Of all the stations being built by Crossrail, one of the most complex is at Farringdon, and all thanks to an event in the North Sea roughly 10 million years ago.

Crossrail supplied sea-wall breached in Essex

Several million tonnes of soil dug from under London by Crossrail have been used to build a new sea wall around an island in the Thames Estuary. Over the weekend, the wall was breached and saltwater flooded the farmland. This…

Photos – Walking through a Crossrail tunnel

Today, some 500 people will have the chance to walk through the Crossrail tunnel that runs under the Thames at Woolwich.

Tickets to walk through a Crossrail tunnel

Fancy walking through a Crossrail tunnel next month? Well, you can if you are quick as they are offering a chance to walk through the tunnel at Woolwich.

The new tube map assailed by a sea of orange

Slightly earlier than expected, the new tube map has been revealed, which has seen a swathe of orange invade the east, and the first section of what will be the future Crossrail come into action.

First Elizabeth line station opens to the public

Earlier today, with music and free food, Crossrail’s first railway station opened to the public.

Crossrail holding talks about Bedlam excavations

Starting this week, Crossrail is hosting a weekly briefing on its archeology dig at Liverpool Street which aims to recover some 3,000 remains from the Bedlam burial site.

Crossrail to move 3,000 plague victims

In order to build the new Crossrail station at Liverpool Street, some 3,000 skeletons from the Bedlam burial ground have to be removed, and the removal process has just started.

Range Rover drives a car through a Crossrail tunnel

In a blatant PR stunt, but one that looks like it was quite fun, Range Rover have driven one of their cars along a Crossrail tunnel.