July 2014

Crossrail night-time works underneath Barbican Estate

As you may be aware, Crossrail is planning to tunnel under the Duration of work Barbican Estate in early 2015 to construct the route of the • Intermittent from 21 July future underground railway. To make sure that this tunneling to 15 September 2014 has no unwanted effect upon existing railway infrastructure we will be monitoring the London Underground tunnels between • Night working from 01:00 Barbican and Moorgate stations. until 04:30 Monday to In order to do this, we will install sensors inside the tunnels Friday that will be fixed in place by drilling small holes into the structure using hand-held battery powered drills. We will be doing as much of this work as possible during the day, but for safety reasons some work will have to take place at What to expect night when trains are not running and the power has been • Possible infrequent turned off. audible noise

This may lead to the possibility of some infrequent audible noise whilst drilling takes place. This noise will be most likely within the first week of work, after which drilling will be less What we will do frequent. During our installation we will be working our way • Respond promptly to any along the tunnels, so works should only be taking place below complaints or concerns each residency for a few shifts. We are not expecting the works to cause significant • Inform residents of any disturbance to residents, but would encourage anyone who changes to the experiences problems to contact the Crossrail 24-hour programme of works helpdesk on 0345 602 3813 as soon as possible. Please note that London Underground may also need to undertake non-planned emergency track engineering works in the area over this period . We will, however, investigate any complaints received in a collaborative manner with London Underground and any other relevant organisations. Please note that these works will only taking place in areas below or near to Defoe House, Gilbert House, Brandon Mews and Willoughby House.

C704-XRL-Z1-XBU-CR088-50001 About Crossrail City of London Community Liaison Panels Crossrail is Europe’s largest construction project, Crossrail runs a community liaison panel for each delivering a new railway for London and the central London station to keep local South East. representatives informed of progress and plans. When the service opens Crossrail trains will travel If you would like further information please from Reading and Heathrow in the west to contact [email protected] Shenfield and Abbey Wood in the east via new twin tunnels under central London. It will link Heathrow Airport, the West End, the City of London and Canary Wharf.