Many sites at Liverpool Street

The £14.8 billion Crossrail project is now progressing at a pace. The route from Maidenhead and Heathrow in the West to Shenfield and Abbey Wood in the East will run through 21km of twin-bore tunnels up to 40 metres below the ground. More plans have recently been submitted for a new station at Abbey Wood [...]

Crossrail releases new images of Liverpool Street station construction

Latest images show the mammoth excavation project underway for Crossrail's new Liverpool Street station.

Catch-22 at Liverpool Street

As the largest addition to the south east rail network in 50 years, the engineering challenges presented by Crossrail are well known. But while the major projects are what make the news, there is a host of detailed, day-to-day work taking place behind the scenes which is every bit as vital to its successes. UK [...]

Laing O’Rourke awarded Crossrail Liverpool Street contract

Crossrail has announced its intention to award the main construction contracts for Liverpool Street station to Laing O'Rourke. Crossrail said in line with European procurement rules, the contract award is subject to a ten-day standstill period. Intensive construction for Liverpool Street Crossrail...

Ely & Liverpool Street stations host train naming ceremonies

To mark the completion of its service upgrade and improved West Anglia timetable, National Express East Anglia (NXEA) has named two of its new Class 379 trains in ceremonies at either end of the West Anglia route at London...

Changes to travel around Liverpool Street and Moorgate

From Saturday 18 June Londoners using the Liverpool Street and Moorgate areas are being advised that some long term but temporary changes will be made to local travel arrangements as work continues on the new Crossrail station at Liverpool...

BBMV awarded £235 million Crossrail Whitechapel and Liverpool Street Station tunnels

BBMV, an integrated London-based joint venture comprising Balfour Beatty, ALPINE BeMo Tunnelling, Morgan Sindall and VINCI Construction, announces today it has been awarded the £235 million Whitechapel and Liverpool Street Station Tunnels contract, as part of the Crossrail project. Connecting...

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Network Rail and the Railway Children raise over £130,000 to help vulnerable children

Network Rail has teamed up with the charity Railway Children to host a fifth annual sleepout event in railway...