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Series 1

The 15 Billion Pound Railway

Series following 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.

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Supporting Content

  • BBC Four Collection: Steam Railways

    • View the collection
  • How They Dug the Victoria Line

  • Find out more about urban infrastructures and the role they play in the shaping of a city with The Open University

    • Open University: Crossrail
  • Installing platform vents at Canary Wharf—Platforms and Plague Pits

    Duration: 2:12
  • Prefabricated glulam beams—Platforms and Plague Pits

    Duration: 1:51
  • Tunnel boring machine breakthrough—Tunnels Under the Thames

    Duration: 1:01
  • Fish Rescue—Tunnels Under the Thames

    Duration: 2:35
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