Crossrail – Surface Works

Project Background Crossrail – Surface Works Crossrail is the biggest engineering project in Europe. It is the new high Client frequency, convenient and accessible railway for London and the South Crossrail Ltd (a fully owned East. When the service opens Crossrail trains will travel 118km from subsidiary of Transport for London) Maidenhead and Heathrow in the west, through new twin-bore 21km Location tunnels under central London to Shenfield and Abbey Wood in the east. London, UK When Crossrail opens it will increase London’s rail-based transport Start Date network capacity by 10%, supporting regeneration across the capital, 2010 helping to secure London’s position as a world leading financial centre,

and cutting journey times across the city. End Date Shenfield (8 car), Paddington – Crossrail will deliver substantial economic benefits for all of London Heathrow & South East Spur 2018, and the South East, bringing an additional 1.5 million people within Shenfield 2019, Full Service 2019 45 minutes commuting distance of London’s key business districts. Duration Latest economic forecasts suggest that Crossrail will add £42bn to 120 months the economy.

Contract Value When it opens in 2018/2019, Crossrail will provide new transport links £2.3bn with the Tube, Thameslink, National Rail, DLR and London Overground. Services Provided Programme management, track/ permanent way, structures, station redevelopment and renewal

For more information please visit www.networkrailconsulting.com Scope of Works Key Project Outputs Network Rail is responsible for the The Crossrail project will deliver: design, development and delivery of 24 trains an hour in each direction the parts of Crossrail that are on the during peak times through existing network. Network Rail’s scope 21km of new subsurface railway of work includes: infrastructure under central London upgrading 70km of track each Crossrail train is over redeveloping 27 stations 200m long and is able to accommodate up to renewing around 20 bridges 1,500 passengers removing around one million cubic around 200 million passengers metres of excavated material from will travel on Crossrail each year the tunnel by rail. the project will add 10% to Unlike the central tunnel section, London’s overall rail capacity Network Rail will do all of this on an active, operational railway, delivering alleviate overcrowding on vital upgrade works whilst minimising the western section of its route disruption to train services. by 30%

bring an extra 1.5 million people within 45 minutes of London’s key business districts.

For more information please visit www.networkrailconsulting.com