Many of you are due to head back to work tomorrow. If you’re looking for something to keep you entertained for a few hours before doing that, this series on the construction of London’s CrossRail might just fit the bill. It also gives an idea of some of the challenges Auckland Transport face in the construction of the CRL.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42-lJ2y6ddQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HewC4OpY8b8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlziPDJXQbQ
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The “Crosarail Project” YouTube channel is also quite interesting.
Pro-rata the CRL does for Auckland what Crossrail does for London.
Very different rock and soil conditions – the Thames build looks particularly challenging – but similar problems and processes. This looks like a fascinating documentary.
Hopefully the CRL works don’t have to deal with any plague pits.
Thanks for posting this link found it very interesting and informative. Cant wait for CRL to start
They started planning Crossrail in World War II. Maybe someone will actually build that Mt Roskill railway line yet.
An earlier version of the CRL was proposed in the 1920s. The Kapiti Expressway, currently under construction, runs along the designation originally reserved for the “Wellington to Foxton Motorway” in the 1940s. Who says we can’t plan for the far future?
Tunneling through the tight squeeze between an existing station escalators and tunnel while they kept it opened was interesting….thought they would of kept people out for a bit at that point. See 55 mins in on the first video.
For those interested planning for Crossrail 2 (Wimbledon to Hackney basically) is very advanced. Directions have been issued safeguarding the route and a hybrid bill/ TWA is expected in 2017.
Also (and this is railway open heart surgery) a rebuild of London Bridge station is taking place becaise of the Thameslink upgrade. With trains (mostly) running. There is some time lapse footage on the NR website.
TfL and Network Rail are currently consulting on Crossrail 2. This short clip gives a brief description of the proposed scheme and the benefits would provide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XOg_wPjqnI
I particularly like the narrative about allowing development of new homes and well as connecting homes and jobs.
wow, amazing work, I enjoyed these fascinating docos, thanks for posting them
Fascintaing! Watched all 3 in a row! Be nice if a doco is made for the CRL.
I’d be grateful just to have the Auckland rail service operating around Christmas/new year, my usual visiting time to the old home town. A reduced holiday timetable would do. Next year maybe.
Wonderful, I hope we will get links to future videos of this series.
If you’re lucky enough to be still on holiday, have already seen the crossrail docos, and don’t mind more UK stuff, I can recommend
https://youtu.be/DIpakXL6F6I
https://youtu.be/EpUNIKB-WaU
Not specifically about transport but could be of interest to readers of this blog.