We’ve covered the Crossrail demolition work at Tottenham Court Road as viewed from the TfL webcam in the TfL offices at Centre Point before. With work progressing on the project, it seems fitting to return …
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Crossrail Rolling Stock PIN Posted
The Periodic Indicative Notice (PIN) for Crossrail’s rolling stock contract has now been posted. This is effectively a “heads up” to those likely to be interested in tendering for the rolling stock contract, which the …
Continue reading£300M Bond Street Upgrade Contract Awarded
Bond Street station, at the heart of London’s West End, is due to have a costly upgrade, with main work starting from 2011, and is due to be finished before the arrival of Crossrail in …
Continue readingNot Messing About On The River
One of the disappointments of the Olympic’s construction phase has been the failure to spark a revival of water borne freight promised by the works on the Bow Back River and the River Lea. However, …
Continue readingTrouble Up The (Dalston) Junction – The Difficulties of Safeguarding
Take one London Assembly member and add a television news channel looking for an example of frivolous government expenditure. Use FOI – the modern day “Open Sesame” and shake thoroughly (but not long enough to …
Continue readingIn Pictures: Crossrail at Whitechapel
Crossrail have released the first concept images of the revised design for Whitechapel Station. Objections from Tower Hamlets over the station’s layout (notably the presence of the main entrance on Fulbourne Street) and local residents …
Continue readingCrossrail: Spades In The Ground
The New Hammersmith & City station at Paddington Amid the atmosphere of speculation about the future of Crossrail – the company is getting on with getting on. In late April, Crossrail announced the shortlist of …
Continue readingThe DfT Speak On Crossrail
The DfT – and more specifically new Transport Secretary Phil Hammond – appear to have thrown their weight behind Crossrail ahead of the upcoming “emergency budget,” suggesting that Government cuts to the project are less …
Continue readingCrossrail at Woolwich
There was a short debate last Thursday in the House of Commons on the topic of Crossrail – of which there have been many rumours, usually denied, of cost cutting plans of around a third …
Continue readingCrossrail & Thameslink Budgets Under The Hammer?
Building Magazine reported this week that the government is considering cuts to Crossrail totalling £5 billion — almost a third of the project’s total £15.9 billion budget — in a worst-case scenario. Possible cuts include …
Continue readingThe Second "Great Stink"?
We have commented previously on the vexed question of toilet facilities being included in the new station complex at Farringdon. The Islington Gazette carries a story of continued intransigence by Crossrail whilst Thameslink appears to …
Continue readingTfL Board Commissioner’s Report: Crossrail
[Below are the noteworthy extractions from the Commissioner’s Report – MWM] Sponsors Crossrail (CRL) has submitted to Sponsors a comprehensive update of the scope, schedule and costs of the project (the Initial Control Baseline or …
Continue readingCrossrail – Crossed Legs
We have previously drawn attention to Farringdon’s colourful and somewhat smelly history. It would appear that whilst the station’s future should be less colourful it may, alas, not be any less aromatic. Farringdon stands in …
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