The story of Crossrail
Wolmar, Christian2018
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The story of an engineering marvel of the modern age, from Britain's leading writer on the railways and their history. The story of an engineering marvel of the twenty-first century, from Britain's bestselling railway writer. In autumn 2019, Europe's biggest infrastructure project - a state-of-the-art cross-London railway - will finally come to fruition. From Reading and Heathrow in the west, the Elizabeth line will extend to Shenfield and Abbey Wood in the east, including 42 kilometres of new tunnels dug under central London. Crossrail, first conceived just after the Second World War in the era of Attlee and Churchill, has cost more than 15bn dollars and is expected to serve 200 million passengers annually. The author sets out the complex and highly political reasons for Crossrail's lengthy gestation, tracing the troubled progress of the concept from the rejection of the first Crossrail bill in the 1990s through the tortuous parliamentary processes that led to the passing of the Crossrail Act of 2008. He also recounts in detail the construction of this astonishing new railway, describing how immense tunnel boring machines cut through a subterranean world of rock and mud with unparalleled accuracy that ensured none of the buildings overhead were affected. A shrewdly incisive observer of postwar transport policy, Wolmar pays due credit to the remarkable achievement of Crossrail, while analysing in clear-eyed fashion the many setbacks it encountered en route to completion.
Main title:
The story of Crossrail / Christian Wolmar.
Author:
Imprint:
London, UK : : Apollo / Head of Zeus, , 2018.
Collation:
307 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
1. The first Crossrail; 2. The Crossrail concept; 3. Megaprojects and mega-businesses; 4. Saved but shelved; 5. Crossrail revived; 6. Seeing off the naysayers; 7. Money, money, money; 8. A daunting task; 9. Digging under London; 10. Stations for the future; 11. Trains and tunnels; 12. The finishing touches; 13. And another one?; Plate Section; Acknowledgements; Notes.
ISBN:
9781788540254
Dewey class:
388.4209421
Language:
English
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BRN:
350356
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandringham Library | Adult Non Fiction - Science and Technology | 388.4209421 WOL | Onloan - Due: 15 Oct 2024 |