MOVING AHEAD ISSUE 31 SPRING 2014 LAST OF THE GREAT MACHINES LAUNCHED FREEPOST CROSSRAIL

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1 MOVING AHEAD FREEPOST CROSSRAIL ISSUE 31 SPRING 2014 LAST OF THE GREAT MACHINES LAUNCHED Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) Ellie has begun her journey from Pudding Mill Lane to Stepney Green in London s East End. Ellie, the eighth and final Crossrail tunnelling machine, was launched in February. She broke ground close to Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park and is driving through to Stepney Green, 30 metres below ground. The 2.7 kilometre tunnel will form part of Crossrail s north east spur from Whitechapel to Shenfield in Essex. As is traditional in tunnelling, the Crossrail TBMs are all named after inspirational women. Ellie was named for Paralympic Champion Ellie Simmonds OBE. Jessica is named after Olympic Champion Jessica Ennis-Hill CBE. Both names were chosen by pupils from Marion Richardson School in Stepney Green. It s very flattering to have been chosen, alongside the amazing Jessica Ennis-Hill, said Ellie, It s not every day you have a tunnel machine named after you and I wish Ellie, and all those involved with it, the best of luck in its maiden journey. The launch of Ellie continues an unprecedented period of tunnelling with over 70 per cent of new bored tunnels now complete. Her sister machine, Jessica, completed her journey from Pudding Mill Lane to Stepney Green in February and has been taken to Limmo Peninsula near Canning Town in East London. From Limmo, Jessica will begin Crossrail s last tunnel drive towards Victoria Dock Portal. All tunnelling will be finished by early This year marks the halfway point for the Crossrail project, where the organisation moves from major tunnelling work to station fit-outs. Crossrail services through central London start operating in 2018 when it will add 10% more capacity to London s rail network, speeding up journeys and easing congestion for the travelling public.

2 PM VISITS CROSSRAIL AT HALFWAY POINT Less than five years after works began Prime Minister David Cameron, Mayor of London Boris Johnson and Crossrail Minister Stephen Hammond visited the project as it reached the halfway point of its construction. Joined by apprentices and commuters who will benefit from the new eastwest railway, Crossrail s Chairman Terry Morgan, Chief Executive Andrew Wolstenholme and Transport Commissioner Sir Peter Hendy went 25 metres below ground to view progress at the Tottenham Court Road site. The station will be a key interchange with London Underground when trains run through central London from Big infrastructure projects like Crossrail are vital for the economy of London and the rest of Britain, the Prime Minister CHANGING RIDING HABITS Crossrail is committed to the highest safety standards and runs a number of initiatives to improve the safety of cyclists on London s roads around Crossrail sites. All regular drivers must attend the Lorry Driver Training, a one day course about safe-guarding against vulnerable road users. Crossrail also requires all heavy goods vehicles delivering to sites to have special cycle safety equipment including blind spot detection equipment, which warns the driver when a cyclist is in the near-side blind spot, and under-run guards to prevent cyclists from coming into contact with lorry wheels.. Additionally, heavy goods vehicles must carry signs to warn cyclists and pedestrians about the dangers of getting too close. To complement the Lorry Driver Training programme, Exchanging Places events are held around Crossrail s central London construction sites for cyclists to find out about what a lorry driver sees. The Exchanging Places programme is an important way of engaging with cyclists to raise awareness of the hazards when sharing the roads with HGVs. said Steve Hails, Health and Safety Director at Crossrail. More than 850 cyclists have taken part in Exchanging Places, run by Crossrail and the Metropolitan Police Service, this year. The events allow cyclists to see the road from a lorry driver s point of view and gives them clarity on what a driver can and cannot see. Most were unaware of the size of blind spots from inside the driver s cab. A survey taken at our Exchanging Places event at the London Bike Show, held at the ExCel centre in London, revealed that 99 per cent of people who attended would change their cycling habits after getting behind the wheel of an HGV truck. said, they are the foundation-stone on which business can grow, compete and support jobs. Over the course of the project, it is estimated that the project will generate at least 75,000 business opportunities and support the equivalent of 55,000 full time jobs around the UK. Find out when and where the next Exchanging Places events take place at exchangingplaces

3 Piccadilly Heathrow District Circle Bakerloo District Jubilee Northern Circle Metropolitan Luton Gatwick Circle Metropolitan Northern Stansted Southend District Overground Jubilee Jubilee Overground A FORTNIGHT S FLURRY OF TUNNELLING Crossrail has been making exceptional tunnelling progress. Construction works range from finishing new train tunnels to three spectacular tunnel boring machine breakthroughs in the space of two weeks in early Over the past few months tunnelling machines have been working hard beneath our feet. Tunnel boring machine (TBM) Ada completed her 6.9 kilometre journey from Royal Oak to Farringdon in January, following in the footsteps of TBM Phyllis, her sister machine. The western tunnels, which go from Royal Oak to Farringdon, are now structurally complete. Meanwhile in southeast London, TBM Sophia completed Crossrail s first tunnel beneath the Thames. Arriving at the North Woolwich portal at the end of January, she had started south of the river in Plumstead last August. CROSSRAIL GETS A STRETCH Joint sponsors, the Department for Transport (DfT) and Transport for London (TfL), have given to go ahead to extend the Crossrail route to Reading. With two stations, Twyford and Reading, joining the new east to west line, the total number of stations along the entire Crossrail route now runs to 40. The extension opens up a wider network of destinations across, and beyond, central London. The move extends the benefits of a direct connection between London s main employment centres and reduced journey times to even more people. Route Map Showing rail and air connections Her sister machine Elizabeth came into the new Crossrail station at Whitechapel on 20 January on her journey from Limmo Peninsula to Farringdon. And her sister machine Victoria broke through into Stepney Green 10 days later, on 30 January. TBM Jessica also completed her tunnelling journey from Pudding Mill Lane, breaking through into Stepney Green, one of Europe s largest mined caverns, in early February. Tunnelling works are now over 70 per cent complete. This year, the project moves from major tunnelling works to fitting out the stations and tunnels. In Bond Street, Crossrail has already finished construction of the first of two new station ticket halls. Works began on the passenger tunnel to connect the new western ticket hall to the existing underground station, five storeys underground. Crossrail, DfT, TfL and Network Rail worked closely to ensure that best use is made of the Great Western Main Line, which runs from Paddington station through the west of England and south Wales. Extending Crossrail to Reading will enable passenger and freight services to operate in a more effective way. Crossrail reaching Reading is further proof of our commitment to deliver a transport network fit for the 21st century. Rail Minister Stephen Hammond said, It will improve connectivity and deliver greater choice and convenience for passengers travelling into London. It will also make better use of the already congested Great Western Main Line. There will be no change to current Great Western services from Reading to London with twice-hourly trains continuing to operate as they do today. But when the route is fully operational in 2019, passengers will be able to travel from Reading into, and beyond, central London without changing at Paddington. The extension will effectively connect Reading and Heathrow in the west and Shenfield and Abbey Wood in the east, helping help to meet increases in passenger numbers. BRENTWOOD Shenfield Brentwood Surface line Tunnel Harold Wood Portal (tunnel entrance and exit) National Rail connection Airport connection Airports not on the Crossrail route - to travel to these airports passengers will need to travel on other connecting rail services. Step-free travel is possible but assistance will be required to get on and off some trains. Travel from Luton Airport Parkway Station to Luton Airport is via an accessible bus. Twyford SOUTH BUCKS Taplow Burnham Maidenhead Langley SLOUGH Slough WINDSOR & MAIDENHEAD Iver West Drayton HILLINGDON Hayes & Harlington Southall EALING Hanwell West Ealing Ealing Broadway Acton Main Line HAMMERSMITH & FULHAM KENSINGTON & CHELSEA CAMDEN WESTMINSTER Paddington ISLINGTON Farringdon Bond Street CITY OF LONDON Tottenham Court Road Liverpool Street TOWER HAMLETS Whitechapel Canary Wharf Custom House REDBRIDGE Ilford Forest Gate Maryland Manor Park Stratford NEWHAM Woolwich Seven Kings Chadwell Heath Goodmayes BARKING & DAGENHAM Abbey Wood Romford Gidea Park HAVERING T1,2,3 Reading WOKINGHAM Heathrow T4 GREENWICH BEXLEY READING

4 BIG RED BUS SIGNALS PROGRESS IN PADDINGTON Sir Peter Hendy CBE, London s Transport Commissioner drove the very first bus down the newly opened Eastbourne Terrace to mark the progress in works at Paddington. Crossrail had to close the road for two years to enable construction works on the new station disrupting the usual bus thoroughfare and journeys for London s travelling public. Excavation of the new 250-metre long station has now reached the top of the tunnels, some 20 metres below the road. More than 400 people are continuing to construct the new station. The road reopened to bus routes on time and on budget making it easier for people to get around. An additional bus stop has been provided further access for passengers, local residents and businesses in the area. Once Crossrail works are completed in 2018, bus stops on Eastbourne Terrace will provide passengers an easy interchange with Paddington Station through a new Eastbourne Terrace entrance. APPRENTICE OF THE YEAR ANNOUNCED A commitment to increasing the number of apprentices in the construction / engineering industry is a key part of the Crossrail project. More than 280 apprentices now work on the project and the organisation is on track to increase this to 400 over the course of the railway s construction. Crossrail s Apprentice Awards commemorate the hard work of the apprentices on construction sites. This year s winners were announced at an award ceremony, held in the Houses of Parliament, in March. Rudy Nieddu, 28, from Forest Hill was named Construction Apprentice of the Year (Tunnelling) A former self-employed labourer who was struggling to find work during the difficult economic times, Rudy joined Crossrail as an apprentice civil engineer technician with Balfour Beatty at Crossrail s Whitechapel site. Rudy s hard work, diligence and positive attitude contributed to his nomination and ultimately his winning the coveted Apprenticeship of the Year award. Described as a great team player, he has earned the respect of his tunnelling team. Despite working long hours, he also spends his break hours completing coursework and applying what he has learnt to his work on site. I m stunned! He exclaimed, it was one thing just to be nominated but to go on and win is rather special. This role has given me stability and allows me to start planning ahead. Fifty-nine nominees were invited to the ceremony attended by more than a 100 guests, hosted by Nick Raynsford, MP for Greenwich and Woolwich, Terry Morgan, Crossrail Chairman and opened by Lord Deighton, Commercial Secretary to HM Treasury and person responsible for managing UK s infrastructure agenda. Rudy Nieddu Construction Apprentice of the Year (Tunnelling) and Crossrail Apprentice of the Year

5 ALL ABOARD... THE CULTURE LINE The City of London Corporation is giving Crossrail s art programme, The Culture Line, a major boost to deliver a world-class artistic legacy to London. Funding for The Culture Line falls outside the 14.8bn funding package for Crossrail. So external funding is an essential part of delivering public art along the route. The City Corporation will match fund 50 per cent of Culture Line, a series of permanent installations of large-scale art works across eight London Crossrail stations, designed in collaboration with London s leading art galleries. Alongside the City of London Corporation support, Crossrail s Advisory Art Board is marketing to businesses and philanthropists in the UK and internationally to secure funding for the additional 50 per cent of the artworks. The artworks will be permanently integrated into new stations at Paddington, Bond Street, Tottenham Court Road, Farringdon, Liverpool Street, Whitechapel and Canary Wharf. These installations will deliver inspiration and pleasure to London commuters for generations to come and become a destination for art-lovers worldwide. Two permanent art installations have already been given the go ahead at Canary Wharf and Tottenham Court Road stations. Passengers will be able to enjoy the installations in the new central London stations, once Crossrail services begin running in 2018 and become fully operational in DELVING INTO PORTALS TO THE PAST Crossrail has offered an almost unparalleled opportunity for archaeology across London, allowing the investigation of many previously inaccessible locations. The Portals to the Past archaeology exhibition, held earlier this year, displayed over 50 objects that the public saw for the first time just as Crossrail marked its halfway point in its construction project. On display were a black skull from the Walbrook River, one of London s lost rivers, a Roman cremation pot (which contained remains when discovered), Mesolithic flint dating back some 9,000 years and 16th century Venetian gold ducat (coin). With more than 3,000 visitors to the exhibition held at Crossrail Visitor Information Centre at 6-18 St Giles High Street, Crossrail s archaeologists provided lectures each Wednesday evening about what they found and it reflected London s past history. You can learn more about our archaeology programme on the Crossrail website:

6 DIGITAL ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE JULIE LEONARD Crossrail appoints Artist-in- Residence, Julie Leonard, to create a visual digital diary capturing personalities and scenes of its construction journey. Crossrail is archiving its construction progress throughout the life of the project. To go alongside archives that include technical papers, articles, publications, photographic images, this visual record will provide a different way to view construction activities across central London. Following in the footsteps of the Olympics art programme, Crossrail called for artists to submit their proposals to leave a lasting art legacy of the construction journey. Several artists were shortlisted and the winning artist was appointed in January Julie Leonard, a London-based painter, printmaker and digital artist is creating a body of work that will form a unique visual archive and a legacy of people and places that are rarely seen. She will capture the personalities and construction scenes over the course of the year, incorporating anecdotes from the workforce and communities living and working along the route, building up a visual narrative of one of the most complex railway infrastructure projects to be undertaken since the Jubilee line extension in There is a great buzz everywhere with real enthusiasm for the project and an incredible comaraderie that unifies staff in the office, the security guard who greets you as you go on site, the site managers, the construction workers and everyone on the construction team. Julie said. I look forward to creating a body of work that will form a unique archive and visual legacy of places that people rarely see. Crossrail launched its Artist-in- Residence programme in summer 2013, as an opportunity to record some of the remarkable construction works going on along the route. Telling the Crossrail story in this way, will offer a rare insight into the world of construction works both above and below ground, this visual exposition provides the viewer a different way of experiencing and learning about the daily lives and works on a construction site and what goes on behind the hoardings. The Artist-in-Residence appointment is separate from Crossrail s art programme The Culture Line, but Crossrail recognises the impact of the visual story and aims to display her works at various opportunities throughout the year, produce a book and hold a more focussed arts exhibition in CONTACT US We want to ensure that you know everything you want to about Crossrail. We issue this bulletin four times a year and we also send out information sheets about specific works taking place. Find out more and join our general or station specific mailing list at: VISITOR INFORMATION CENTRES Idea Store, 321 Whitechapel Rd, E1 1BU Open Monday and Wednesday 11am to 7pm POST FREEPOST CROSSRAIL (no postage or address required) WEBSITE helpdesk@crossrail.co.uk TELEPHONE hours/7 days a week