The story of Crossrail
Wolmar, Christian2022
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At the end of 2018, London's biggest engineering project will come to fruition. It has taken three-quarters of a century and cost £15 billion. For the first time, trains will run through tunnels built under central London between Paddington and Liverpool Street. Driving through a subterranean world of rock and mud; employing digital technology at the extreme cutting edge; and realising a vision of east-west metropolitan access conceived in the era of Attlee and Churchill - Crossrail is an engineering marvel of the twenty-first century. In 'The Story of Crossrail', Christian Wolmar outlines the postwar history of the idea of a trans-London east-west railway line to the passing of the Crossrail Act of 2008 and describes the lengthy, complex - and extraordinary - engineering processes that will bring the new line into being.
Main title:
The story of Crossrail / Christian Wolmar.
Author:
Wolmar, Christian, author
Edition:
New edition.
Imprint:
London : Apollo, 2022.
Collation:
352 pages : illustrations (colour), map (colour) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Previous edition: London: Head of Zeus, 2018.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781803281247 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
388.420942
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1294319
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