CROSSRAIL MOVING LONDON FORWARD Simon Bennett
Introduction
Europe s largest infrastructure project 14.8bn funding 38 stations 9 new stations 42 km new tunnels 8 million cubic metres of spoil 140 main works contracts
History
January 1989 - East West Crossrail - Chelsea-Hackney line - Jubilee line extension
Crossrail History Central London Rail Study Jan 1989 First Crossrail Bill submitted/rejected 1991/1994 London East-West Study Dec 2000 Cross London Rail Links established Jun 2001 Case for Crossrail Nov 2002 Crossrail Business Case Sep 2003 Montague Review Jul 2004 Hybrid Bill Deposit Feb 2005 Royal Assent Jul 2008 Construction started Jan 2009
Development
Why Crossrail Employment Growth Total + 636k 800k population diffuse application Population Growth Total + 800k 636k jobs east west axis concentration
Linking key business areas Solves how to transport large numbers of passengers to key business areas Supports London as a world city and key finance centre Enables economic growth and intensification of economy Encourages regeneration
Decreasing journey times Current journey time Crossrail journey time Abbey Wood to Liverpool Street 42 minutes 18 minutes West Ealing to Bond Street 30 minutes 13 minutes Hayes and Harlington to Canary Wharf 55 minutes 34 minutes Manor Park to Farringdon 29 minutes 17 minutes West Drayton to Canary Wharf 56 minutes 37 minutes
Crossrail Route
Crossrail: realising the benefits 42bn+ 14,000 people 24 trains ph 24 200 million journeys per year
Sustainability Economic 75,000 business opportunities 97% of suppliers based in the UK 3 in 5 contracts based outside London Over 60% SMEs Economic 42bn GDP benefit Over 1000 operational jobs Enable 57,000 new homes Secures London s place as a world city Social 14,000 employed on sites Over 55,000 jobs supported in UK Over 400 apprentices Compulsory HGV driver training Environment 57,000 tonne carbon savings 97% recycled excavated material 32% of construction material recycled Wallasea Island RSPB nature reserve Social 1.5m people within 45 mins of London Urban realm designed to complement Crossrail stations & local communities A legacy of skills, expertise and experience Environment 500 million km reduction in car journeys 23% improvement in station energy consumption Light weight trains and regenerative breaking
Delivery
Joint sponsors TfL ( 7.15bn) GLA BRS & Direct Contribution Community Infrastructure Levy TfL Direct Contribution Developers Contribution Land and Property ( 14.8bn) DfT ( 5.20bn) Direct Contribution (4.7bn) BAA plc City of London Other Funding ( 2.45bn) Network Rail Others
Crossrail: delivering a railway 2012 Property Acquisition Civils and Tunnelling 13 14 15 16 17 18 OSD & Urban Realm NR Surface Works Railway Systems Stations Rolling Stock & Depot Trial Operation Test and Commission Crossrail TOC
Health & Safety Nothing is so important on Crossrail that we cannot do it safely. The three Target Zero principles: We all have the right to go home unharmed everyday We believe that all harm is preventable We must all work together to achieve this
Tunnelling
93% of tunnels complete
Completed tunnels
Spray Concrete Lined tunnels
Excavated material On a tonne/km basis 85% of excavated material is transported by rail or water
Wallasea Island now
Wallasea Island 2016
Liverpool Street
Platform Mock-up
Central station progress
Stations progress
Paddington
Paddington Integrated Project
Bond Street station east
Tottenham Court Road station
Farringdon station
Whitechapel station
Network Rail upgrade work 30 station upgrades 2 major structures 61km of track 179 switch & crossing units 1000 OLE structures, 150 km OLE Signalling upgrade
Archaeology
Skills development 2014 337 Apprentices 6,074 enrolled at TUCA 11,000 employed on the project 755 workers previously unemployed All figures are running totals bar employed on project
Future engineers UK needs to double the number of annual university engineering graduates to 87,000 to meet demand Just 8.5 per cent of engineers in the UK are women, the lowest representation of any European country 49% of state schools are not sending a single female student to study A-level maths or sciences.
Opportunities on Crossrail
Property impacts c. 5.5bn additional residential and commercial property value Support 57,000 new homes 3.25 million square metres of commercial office floor space 48% of planning applications cite Crossrail as a justification for planning proceeding within 1000m of a station
Over Site Developments
Urban realm - Woolwich
Forest Gate - before
Forest Gate - after
Operations
Operations 1,100 staff to be employed 850 new posts 400 drivers 50 apprenticeships MTR services will start running on the Greater Anglia line in 2015 New rolling stock will be introduced in 2017 74% of the value of the contract will be spent in the UK Target of at least 25% of the value of the contract to go to SMEs. Support 840 UK manufacturing jobs building the trains in Derby 500 safeguarded 230 new job starts 30 graduates 80 apprentices
Introduction of services 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 1,100 staff to be employed 850 new posts 400 drivers 50 apprenticeships MTR services will start running on the Greater Anglia line in 2015 New rolling stock will be introduced in 2017 Stage 1 Stage 1: Stage 2: Stage 3: Stage 4: Stage 5: Stage 2 Stage 3 Stage 4 Stage 5 Liverpool St (mainline) to Shenfield (May 2017) Heathrow to Paddington (mainline) (May 2018) Paddington (Crossrail platforms) to Abbey Wood (Dec 2018) Paddington (Crossrail platforms) to Shenfield (May 2019) Full through service (Dec 2019)
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