#Crossrail is a 118-kilometre (73-mile) railway line that is under construction in #England. It is due to begin full operation in 2018, serving #London and its environs by providing a new east-west route across #GreaterLondon. Work on the central part of the line—a tunnel through central London—and connections to existing lines that will become part of Crossrail began in 2009 after several decades of proposals. It is one of Europe's largest railway and infrastructure construction projects. Crossrail's aim is to provide a high-frequency commuter/suburban passenger service that will link parts of Berkshire and Buckinghamshire, via central London, to Essex and South East London. The new line will relieve the pressure on several London Underground lines such as the Central and District lines which are the current main east-west tube passenger routes, and the Heathrow branch of the Piccadilly line. The project's main feature is 42 km (26 miles) of new tunnels. The main tunnels will run from near Paddington Station to Stratford via central London and Liverpool Street Station. An almost entirely new line will branch from the main line at Whitechapel in east London to Canary Wharf, crossing the River Thames, with a new station in Woolwich and connecting with the North Kent Line at Abbey Wood in south east London. Services will run on 136 km (85 mi) of line from Reading (63 km / 39 miles to the west of London) to Shenfield (to the north east) and Abbey Wood (to the south east). They will share parts of existing lines with existing services, mainly parts of the Great Western Main Line in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and London (between Reading and Paddington) and the Great Eastern Main Line in London and Essex (Stratford to Shenfield). Nine-car trains will run at frequencies of up to 24 trains per hour (tph) in each direction through the central tunnel section. It is the first of two routes that are the responsibility of Crossrail Ltd, the other being the proposed Chelsea–Hackney line. It is based on new mainline-gauge east-west tunnels from Paddington in the west to beyond Whitechapel in the east. Cross London Rail Links (CLRL) (now Crossrail Ltd) was formed in 2001 to deliver the scheme. The project was approved in October 2007, and the Crossrail Act received Royal Assent in July 2008. Crossrail will be operated by MTR Corporation (Crossrail) Ltd as a London Rail concession of Transport for London, in a similar manner to the London Overground. Services will begin in May 2015 between Liverpool Street and Shenfield and will be extended to other parts of the route during 2018 and 2019. The original plan was that the first trains would run from 2017. However, in 2010 a spending review aiming to save over £1 billion of the £15.9 billion projected cost meant that the first trains are now planned to run on the central section in 2018. This series follows 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. Costing fifteen billion pounds, it's the biggest engineering project in Europe and a huge challenge to pull off. As they burrow the forty-two kilometres of tunnels, engineers must battle to make sure that listed buildings don't crack, London Underground trains keep running, roads don't shut and the City stays in business. Crucially, they must drive one of their gigantic 1,000-tonne tunnel boring machines through a tiny gap in the congested underbelly of Tottenham Court Road station without the passengers on the tube platforms below knowing they are there. ======================================== Start-Up TV is initiated by Syed Haroon Haider Gilani (@haroonhaider) the founder of The Vision Capital to educate the People who want to organize or operate business. World know such people as Entrepreneurs. The Vision Capital is an Investment start-up that is focused on the Developing and Under-developed markets to create the prosperity and peace. Besides, The Vision Capital, Haroon Haider is founder of Ziyafat Foods, The Vision Corporation, Haroon Haider Edible Oils, Yathrib Basmati Rice, The Vision Media & Publication, and Bayti Establishment for Industrial and Trade. If you want to SAVE & INVEST a $100 every month into " the socially and environmentally healthy and rich in cash-flow business to gain higher financial, social, and environmental returns", find The Vision Financial Capital and Email us: thevisionfinancialcapital@gmail.com

• published: 27 Aug 2014
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