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Crossrail Project Update ISSUE 35 JUNE 2015 MOVING AHEAD CROSSRAIL PROGRAMME CROSSRAIL PROJECT 65%60% Andrew Wolstenholme CEO Crossrail Ltd UPDATE It’s been an incredibly busy time at over the next few years, Network Rail will 460 Crossrail. The project has reached a improve many stations on the route, deliver major upgrades to tracks and signalling systems APPRENTICES critical milestone; tunnelling is now and build a brand new station at Abbey Wood. ON THE fi nished and the programme is over CROSSRAIL The fi rst above station development linked to 65 per cent complete. PROJECT the Crossrail project opened at Canary Wharf TO DATE Elizabeth and Victoria, Crossrail’s last two in May. Crossrail Place, which spans four levels tunnel boring machines, completed their fi nal above the future Canary Wharf Crossrail journeys at Farringdon marking the end of station, houses a mix of retail, leisure and public three years of tunnelling. Since 2012, teams space including a striking rooftop garden. of over 10,000 men and women and hundreds From summer, the focus of Crossrail construction of apprentices have been working to help 4,115 shifts to fi tting out the railway. New teams, create London’s new underground tunnels. JOB STARTS BY LOCAL apprentices and a new set of machines will help OR PREVIOUSLY This big east-west breakthrough brings the turn the underground tunnels and stations into UNEMPLOYED Crossrail project a signifi cant step forward an operational railway. in delivering London’s new railway. At the same time, Crossrail will continue to work Construction of the 10 new Crossrail stations has closely with its partners to deliver 30 station continued alongside tunnelling. The fi rst piece improvements, 12 above station developments and of the station concourse bridge was installed at urban realm improvements across the entire route. Whitechapel and a temporary station is being built There’s still a lot to do! to allow the construction of a new Crossrail station. CONTRACTS WON BY At Bond Street, excavation to a fourth level below UK FIRMS ground at the eastern ticket hall was completed. Network Rail work to upgrade existing infrastructure WATCH! is over a third complete. A new one-mile section of track between Plumstead and Abbey Wood WATCH THE LATEST MOVING AHEAD VIDEO ON YOUTUBE. 96% has been laid. As part of the Crossrail programme 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 CROSSRAIL TUNNELLING TIME STATION CONSTRUCTION & CIVIL ENGINEERING NETWORK RAIL WORKS LINE RAILWAY SYSTEMS TRAINS AND RAILWAY DEPOT PUBLIC SPACE AND DEVELOPMENT AROUND STATIONS PHASED INTRODUCTION OF SERVICES UNCOVERING LONDON’S PAST Crossrail’s archaeology team has and skulls found by the old river bank. completed one of the most signifi cant Some theories point to grim stories of phases of excavation on the project gladiators killed in a nearby arena (now at Liverpool Street. Over 3,000 people below the Guildhall) or the execution of took up the opportunity to watch roman criminals or rebels. Other theories archaeologists carefully excavate layers suggest less gruesome ends such as of London history from a specially religious rituals tied to the afterlife or constructed public viewing platform. the erosion of a nearby cemetery which could have washed skulls and bones Findings from the site – which will later downstream. become the Broadgate ticket hall for Liverpool Street station – include the Research being undertaken by the foundations of old Broad Street railway Museum of London Archaeology is station; 3,000 burials from the former expected to provide a greater Bedlam cemetery; Tudor period fi nds; understanding of the discoveries. roman artefacts including jewellery Alongside the archaeological and decorated pottery; and a medieval programme, a volunteer-led e ort canalisation of the River Walbrook, is helping identify the names of one of London’s lost rivers. individuals buried in the Bedlam Burial Ground. Over 5,000 names Mystery still surrounds the discovery of have been identifi ed so far. corpses strewn by an old roman road FOCUS TURNS Platform TO FITTING OUT screen doors Overhead line THE RAILWAY equipment With tunnelling now complete, the focus of the construction programme shifts to Signalling systems the huge task of fi tting out the empty tunnels, stations, shafts and portals with the infrastructure, power and technology Tunnel lighting required to become a fully operational railway. Radio systems Over the next few years, new specialist teams will work with a new set of Communication and control systems machines to lay forty-two kilometres of tracks. Railway infrastructure such as Power cables platform screen doors, ventilation fans, cables, walkways, power, signalling and Firemain communication systems will be designed Power cables and installed. This latest component of the Tracks construction programme presents many new opportunities for UK companies as Drainage specialist skills will be required to help deliver the project successfully. Information about these opportunities is available on Crossrail’s website. DEVELOPING THE FUTURE WORKFORCE Earlier this year, over 60 apprentices were recognised for their outstanding contribution to the project. Freddy Denny, 24, from Petersfi eld in Hampshire, was chosen for the Apprentice of the Year award. Freddy, who switched his career path from computer science to embrace his passion for construction, was praised by his co-workers for his enthusiasm and skills in mentoring younger members of his team. Other award winners were Nico Parmar (Infrastructure Apprentice of the Year) and Laurent Kennett (Business Apprentice of the Year). Apprentices work across the entire project from engineering and construction to corporate functions, gaining experience, skills and confi dence for the future benefi t of the construction industry. CROSSRAIL TUNNELLING COMPLETE London’s new 42 kilometres of tunnels stretching from Paddington in the west to Woolwich in the east, is now complete. Since 2012 when Phyllis – the fi rst of eight tunnel boring machines – was launched from the west at the Royal Oak portal, thousands of men and women have been working beneath the streets of the capital to build London’s new underground tunnels. Completion of tunnelling signals a big east-west breakthrough and a critical milestone for the project delivering a new railway for London and the South East. Excavation of station spaces, caverns and walking routes is also reaching completion. Prime Minister and Mayor of London celebrate the completion of Crossrail’s tunnelling marathon custom built excavated material tunnel boring % benefi cially reused 8 machines 460 98 apprentices 10,000+ KM 42 TUCA Nearly people helped build the tunnels of running tunnels % YEARS 80 of underground of material transported 8,000+ by rail and water 3 construction 200,000+ concrete segments people trained at TUCA 1,000 148 Length of tunnel 7M 6.2M TONNE Weight of tunnel boring boring machines tonnes of excavated earth diametre of each tunnel METRES machines during Crossrail construction HOW CROSSRAIL HAS REUSED 98% OF EXCAVATED EARTH Over seven million tonnes of earth has been excavated during Crossrail’s construction programme. Ninety-eight per cent of this has been reused to bring new life to nature reserves, recreational facilities, agricultural and industrial land in London and the South-East. 1 WALLASEA ISLAND Over three million tonnes was used to create a 1,500 acre wildlife habitat at Wallasea Island in Essex. 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