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1 MOVING AHEAD ISSUE 34 MARCH 2015 WELCOME FROM ANDREW WOLSTENHOLME It s an exciting time for Crossrail, as we continue to build a new railway for London and the South East; safely, on time, and on budget. CEO Crossrail Ltd Crossrail is not just about delivering a world-class new railway; it also aims to leave a lasting skills legacy for the construction industry. Recently, we exceeded our target of employing 400 apprentices across the project. The apprentices employed by Crossrail and its suppliers get an opportunity to work and train, developing excellent skills to support their future careers. With up to 12,000 people working on Crossrail sites, 8,000 people trained at our Tunnelling and Construction Academy and an increasing number of young people on the team, we continue to look at ways to improve skills and opportunities. Much has been achieved in recent months on the project. Custom House station took a leap forward as two foot bridges were installed. The first of Crossrail s future tracks were laid on the rail line at the Stockley flyover. Bombardier built a state-of-the-art testing facility to test and commission the new trains. And preparations have begun for TfL s train operator to begin running services from Liverpool Street to Shenfield in May Tunnelling under central London is nearing completion, with tunnel boring machines making their way from Whitechapel through to Liverpool Street before going on to their final stop in Farringdon. When the machines finish in the spring of this year, 42km of new running tunnels will be complete under London. Also in the coming months, the next phase of station building and fit out continues across the central stations. It will include works to complete station structures, ventilation shafts, portals, escalator excavations, platforms, crosspassages, drainage tunnels, track laying, installing power supplies and signalling and other systems and services works. CROSSRAIL PROGRAMME 60% 426 APPRENTICES ON THE CROSSRAIL PROJECT TO DATE 3,772 JOB STARTS CONTRACTS WON BY UK FIRMS 97% CROSSRAIL TIME LINE TUNNELLING STATION CONSTRUCTION & CIVIL ENGINEERING NETWORK RAIL WORKS RAILWAY SYSTEMS TRAINS AND RAILWAY DEPOT PHASED INTRODUCTION OF SERVICES

2 TUNNELLING NEARS COMPLETION Tunnelling to build Crossrail s running tunnels is now 92% complete. The last two tunnel boring machines, Elizabeth and Victoria, are on their final journeys from Whitechapel via Liverpool Street and on to Farringdon. Elizabeth has already broken through at Liverpool Street station, where preparation works have been completed on the Moorgate shaft in advance of the machine s arrival. From Liverpool Street, both machines will continue another 750 metres to Farringdon, where they will reach the finish line this spring. At the point of the Big East-West Breakthrough, the 42km of bored running tunnels will be complete and a major new piece of underground infrastructure will have been delivered. Construction work to build platform tunnels, access tunnels and other spaces underground is now 72% complete across the project. Delivered through excavation and the spraying of reinforced concrete lining, these works at Bond Street and Tottenham Court Road stations are progressing well, with waterproof and secondary linings nearing completion. Similar work at Fisher Street, Stepney Green, Liverpool Street and Whitechapel will be finished later this year once the last two tunnel boring machines are removed from Farringdon station. THE CROSSRAIL 400 Crossrail has exceeded its target to deliver 400 apprentices over the lifetime of the project. Sir Patrick McLoughlin, MP Secretary of State for Transport and Terry Morgan, Crossrail Chairman, joined many of the apprentices at the Bond Street site to celebrate this achievement. Crossrail, in partnership with its principal contractors, has now employed 426 apprentices and will continue to recruit even more for the remainder of the project. The apprenticeship programme encourages young and unemployed people into learning new skills, gaining practical experience and a qualification. The apprenticeships work across a wide range of professions from construction, tunnelling and sprayed concrete operations, accountancy, quantity surveying to business administration. The programme is a significant investment in new skilled and talented people for the future of UK tunnelling and underground construction. Crossrail s recruitment approach has been highly effective, using its Jobs Brokerage scheme, Jobcentre Plus and the national apprenticeship website to address the large number of skilled workers needed in the field of construction and tunnelling. Beyond the apprenticeships, over 746 unemployed jobseekers have secured jobs on Crossrail, securing a skills legacy for the industry and a well-trained workforce for the project. Fatima Alghali, quantity surveyor The apprenticeship gives you everything you need you re learning from experienced professionals, you ve got the studying side so you re qualified by the time you finish and you re debt-free! Jade Edwards, site administrator By doing the apprenticeship, I was investing in my own future.

3 MAJOR STEP FORWARD AT CUSTOM HOUSE Crossrail s Custom House station has taken a major step forward as the main station structure has been completed and one of the permanent footbridges installed with the second permanent footbridge due for installation in March The station building is a narrow 200-metre building, constructed along the 300 metre-long island platform. It will house a ticket hall and equipment and operations rooms which will supply power for the station and Victoria Dock portal nearby. Work to construct the station entrance on Victoria Dock Road has begun. Part of the works involved installing bridges that connect the station to the ExCeL exhibition centre on one side and Victoria Dock Road on the other. One 34 metre (90 tonne) bridge connecting the station to the event venue, was installed by two cranes with a combined lifting capacity of 1,000 tonnes between them. The second largest crane of its type was used for the first time on the project. A third pedestrian bridge will be installed, linking the new Crossrail station to the existing DLR station in Spring Two of the bridges at Custom House will open to the public in November 2015 and will provide safe access to passengers travelling over the main road into the existing DLR station and ExCel exhibition centre. WOOLWICH STATION At Woolwich station, fit out works began in January. At the eastern end of the station, works involve installing 24 small piles to support the tunnel ventilation building. This structure will house the emergency exit staircase and the 8.4 tonne ventilation fans that will provide fresh air and provide emergency ventilation, should it be required. At the western end of the site, works to the ticket hall continue after which the walls and entrance will be built. The new station structure will include 250 metre-long platforms, lift and ventilation shafts, step-free access from street to platform level and a ticket hall entrance onto Dial Arch Square. NEW TICKET HALL FOR TOTTENHAM COURT ROAD London Underground s (LU) new plaza entrances, improved CCTV Tottenham Court Road ticket hall cameras and lighting. As well as and entrance opened in January. It LU s Tottenham Court Road station will form a part of the integrated entrance there will be a new street LU and Crossrail station in level ticket hall on Dean Street. The finished station will have eight new escalators and five new lifts providing step-free access, new art installations, two iconic glass Once the Crossrail station opens the current figures of 150,000 passengers using the station is expected to rise to 200,000.

4 ART PROGRAMME The Crossrail Art Programme, which aims to leave a legacy of outstanding public art, has commissioned world renowned artists for two further stations. At Crossrail s Tottenham Court Road station, two Turner Prize winning artists will be creating large-scale artworks. Douglas Gordon s work will display images of people to evoke the history, culture and character of Soho, in the western ticket hall at Dean Street. Richard Wright s work will see a gold-leaf design, echoing the tile patterns of historic underground stations, hand-gilded on the ceiling above the eastern ticket hall, next to the existing Tottenham Court Road LU station. At Canary Wharf station, an installation by artist Michal Rovner will depict streams of human figures moving up and down like waves on the escalator shafts. The Art Programme is funded through external sponsorship. The City of London Corporation and Canary Wharf Group matchfunded artwork at Canary Wharf; Almacantar, Derwent London and the City of London Corporation are funding installations at Tottenham Court Road. NETWORK RAIL UPGRADES FOR CROSSRAIL A third of works to upgrade the existing railway in outer London, Berkshire and Essex are now complete. Network Rail is delivering the 2.3bn upgrade which includes upgrading stations, track, signalling and installing new overhead power supplies across the route to enable the new trains to run. The first tracks to be laid anywhere on the Crossrail project were at the Stockley flyover, Hillingdon. These tracks went into operation in January and will be used by other rail operators prior to Crossrail services using the route. This flyover will improve links between Heathrow and central London. It is the largest single span bridge to have been installed anywhere on the Great Western Railway since Brunel s day. Extensive track works are continuing along the route, including preparations for the installation of two new tracks to link Abbey Wood station to the Crossrail tunnels at Plumstead. Works are already underway at Abbey Wood, Maidenhead, Taplow, Burnham and Langley stations; works at Harold Wood, Brentwood and Shenfield begin in early Improvements will range from new lifts to provide step-free access from street to platforms, platform extensions to accommodate the new longer Crossrail trains, new platform lighting and improvements to public spaces. A new station will be built at Hayes and Harlington. It will include a distinctive new glass and steel structure to create a more prominent and visible landmark, a new footbridge with four new lifts to provide step-free access to every platform, a new waiting room, platform extensions and replacement canopies, new lighting, customer information screens, station signage, help points and CCTV.

5 LIVERPOOL STREET TO SHENFIELD SERVICES Preparations are underway for Transport for London (TfL) to start running services between Liverpool Street and Shenfield on the existing line in May The service will initially operate to the existing timetable and use the current rolling stock. The existing trains will receive modifications to improve reliability and work is taking place with LIVERPOOL STREET STRATFORD Network Rail to improve normal operations and contingency plans. Early work on existing stations will include a deep clean and decluttering, followed by brand new TfL ticket machines. Customers will benefit from stations being staffed at all times that trains are in operation, improvements to customer information and a significant FOREST GATE ILFORD GOODMAYES ROMFORD increase in policing levels. There will also be better accessibility and passengers with mobility needs will no longer need to pre-book assistance. Fully trained and equipped staff will be available to assist customers at all stations, as on London Underground and London Overground services. HAROLD WOOD SHENFIELD MARYLAND MANOR PARK SEVEN KINGS CHADWELL HEATH GIDEA PARK BRENTWOOD ALL CROSSRAIL STATIONS TO BE STEP FREE Works will be taking place to make The Government is investing in lift all 40 Crossrail stations step free schemes at Langley, Taplow and thanks to an investment of 33 Iver stations, ready for Crossrail million from TfL and government trains when they start running announced in November from these stations in TfL is funding step-free access at Seven Kings, Maryland, Manor Park and Hanwell stations. TRAINS The new Crossrail trains will begin entering service from The trains are being built by Bombardier for TfL, who will operate Crossrail when it opens. The work undertaken by designers Barber and Osgerby to enhance the interior design of the train is nearing completion and is being incorporated into the production process. The new Crossrail fleet will also be built to the latest accessibility standards. This includes audio-visual information systems, dedicated priority seats and spaces for wheelchairs. At the Bombardier factory in Derby, where the new Crossrail trains will be built and tested, a 1.6m stateof-the-art testing facility opened in December. Known as the iron bird integration test facility, the simulator will put the new fleet of trains through their paces. Bombardier has invested in cutting-edge technology to help make the next generation of rolling stock safer, more reliable and improve performance. Bombardier is also constructing a new maintenance depot at Old Oak Common, where demolition of the existing buildings is complete and piling work is now well underway. As a result of the contract to build 65 Crossrail trains, Bombardier will employ 760 people and provide 80 new apprenticeships.

6 LIVERPOOL STREET DIG One of the largest archaeological excavations on the Crossrail project began at Liverpool Street in February. Up to 80 archaeologists are working on site to ensure excavations are undertaken to preserve archaeological finds and avoid any delays to the construction programme. Excavations will reveal more of the story of the post-medieval Bedlam burial ground, the lost Walbrook River and extensive Roman suburban activity. Excavations are expected to complete by the end of September 2015, when construction on the escalator shaft and the Broadgate ticket hall can begin. Window hoardings and a viewing gallery will allow the public to watch the progress of the dig on the site. Public lectures and events are also planned. To find out more, visit A new exhibition Breakthrough: Crossrail s tunnelling story at London Transport Museum in Covent Garden reveals London s hidden subterranean landscape on one of the largest railway construction projects in Europe. You can walk through a five metre high Crossrail tunnel, experience what it s like to stand in a tunnel under construction deep underground, play interactive tunnelling games and hear first-hand accounts of those who work below ground. The exhibition runs to 31 August. Entry to the Museum is free for children and young people aged 17 and under. Adult tickets are ( concessions). EA189_LM CONTACT US Find out more and join mailing lists call hr helpdesk@crossrail.co.uk visit write FREEPOST CROSSRAIL (no postage or address required) MOVING LONDON FORWARD