The Fifteen Billion Pound Railway

2014
4 Seasons
9 Episodes
8 (2)
Returning Series

Follow a team of more than 10,000 engineers and construction workers as they race to build a brand new railway under London - Crossrail - London's new Underground.

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Seasons

4 3 2 1

2. Episode 2

June 19, 2022

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.

1. Episode 1

June 12, 2022

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.

The Fifteen Billion Pound Railway: The Final Countdown | Trailer - BBC Two

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Follow a team of more than 10,000 engineers and construction workers as they race to build a brand new railway under London - Crossrail - London's new Underground.