The Fifteen Billion Pound Railway

Inside the Elizabeth Line

2 episodes · Jun 12, 2022

This final series charts the inside story of how the fifteen-billion pound railway became the nineteen-billion pound Elizabeth line.

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  • Episode 1
    S4E1

    Episode 1

    Jun 12, 202260m

    With exclusive access to Crossrail Ltd and Transport for London, this final chapter of the series follows the race to fix the railway's high-tech software and systems to launch the new Elizabeth Line in time for the Queen's platinum jubilee.

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  • S4E2

    Episode 2

    Jun 19, 202260m

    We follow 83-year-old site manager Jim Forrest - one of the oldest engineers on the project. He joined the Whitechapel Station build in 2009 and has seen it from tunnel boring and concrete pouring to constructing the station steel works.

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