The Fifteen Billion Pound Railway

Follow a team of more than 10,000 engineers and construction workers as they race to build a brand new railway under London - Crossrail - London's new Underground.

Type: tv

Season: 1

Episode: 1

Duration: 1h 0m

Release: 2014

Rating: 8.0

Season 1 - The Fifteen Billion Pound Railway
2014-07-16
"A look at London's Crossrail, which requires building 42 km of tunnels under the city"
2014-07-23
"Engineers building Crossrail battle to rebuild a Victorian tunnel under the Royal Docks."
2014-07-30
"The engineers building Crossrail race to build ten new train stations across London."
Season 2 - The Fifteen Billion Pound Railway
2017-05-22
"Linda and her team must battle fault lines that threaten the site with flooding, race to build access tunnels to alleviate pressure on a congested construction site, and piece together a giant geometric jigsaw that will form a station entrance."
2017-05-29
"Engineers must construct and fit out a new station at Paddington, erect a 130m long great glass canopy to soar above the structure, and plug directly into Brunel's original station."