The Fifteen Billion Pound Railway: The Final Countdown 22/05/17 @ 9pm on BBC2

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The Return of The Fifteen Billion Pound Railway airs tonight at 9 pm on BBC2:

In 2014, the 3 part documentary series revealed the incredible challenges the engineers and construction teams were faced with during the creation of London’s high-speed railway Crossrail (Europe’s biggest engineering project in development)

Featuring;

  • 10 brand new stations that need to be built in central London
  • More than 30 miles of track yet to be laid
  • Sixty-six 200 metre long trains are awaiting construction

“We are going to drill and bore some tunnels under London and make people watch. Bizarrely, Millions of people tune in” – Dan Walker (22/05/17 BBC Breakfast Presenter)

More information and reviews can be found at the following links:

http://www.whatsontv.co.uk/events/the-fifteen-billion-pound-railway-the-final-countdown/

http://londonist.com/london/transport/bbc-s-crossrail-documentary-returns-for-second-series

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/may/22/mondays-best-tv-the-andrew-neil-interviews-theresa-may-the-fifteen-billion-pound-railway

http://www.onthebox.com/uncategorised/preview-the-fifteen-billion-pound-the-final-countdown/

http://www.open.edu/openlearn/crossrail