Crossrail has opened, shrinking journey times for many on London’s east-west corridor and providing much-needed capacity to the capital’s transport network. Hordes of Londoners showed up to ...

The UK Department for Transport (DfT) and Transport for London (TfL) have announced plans to make the remaining seven stations step-free on the Crossrail route. Eight stations on the route are already ...

A new underground suburban railway line will accompany London's already extensive Tube system. Prime Minister Gordon Brown approved funding for the £16 billion ($32 billion US) Crossrail tunnel ...

The Earl of Wessex will mark the completion of London’s Crossrail project by travelling on the Elizabeth line. He will meet staff who have been key to the project and who will run the railway, ...

With the newly renamed Elizabeth Line finally set to open in December, the fate of its sister project, Crossrail 2, hangs in the balance, amid repeated delays and questions about funding. What is the ...

Network Rail has awarded a major contract, with a value of approximately £130m, to Balfour Beatty Rail for the construction of a two-mile section of the Crossrail route from Plumstead to Abbey Wood in ...

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Before the pandemic, many London-area commuters were obliged to take crammed Tube carriages for parts of their journey. Riders from eastern Essex or western Berkshire, for example, had to get a ...

Tunneling work has been completed for the UK's Crossrail rail link. Described as Europe's biggest construction project, it will create a new 118-km (73-mile) rail route. The route includes 42 km (26 ...