The Fifteen Billion Pound Railway

tv show

poster for The Fifteen Billion Pound Railway

9 total episodes

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4 seasons

First Aired July 16, 2014

Overview

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.

Episode 2 poster unavailable

Episode 2

Season 4 - Episode 2 - 1h 0m

Air Date

June 19, 2022

Overview

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.