The inside story of a marvel of twenty-first-century engineering - and how it went over budget and off the rails.
In the spring of 2022, an engineering marvel of the twenty-first century - a state-of-the-art cross-London railway first conceived in the era of Attlee and Churchill - 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. But Crossrail was originally scheduled to open in December 2018.
Just six months before this, its managers stated confidently that it was on time and that the project's cost overrun would be minimal. What on earth then caused it to run three years over schedule and £4 billion over budget? In this revised and expanded paperback edition of The Story of Crossrail, Christian Wolmar has a fascinating and revelatory tale to tell.
Hardcover
352 pages
Publisher: Head of Zeus
ISBN: 978-1788540254