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A look at London's Crossrail, which requires building 42 km of tunnels under the city

Urban Heart Surgery

Engineers building Crossrail battle to rebuild a Victorian tunnel under the Royal Docks.

Tunnels Under the Thames

The engineers building Crossrail race to build ten new train stations across London.

Platforms and Plague Pits

Linda and her team must battle fault lines that threaten the site with flooding, race to build access tunnels to alleviate pressure on a congested construction site, and piece together a giant geometric jigsaw that will form a station entrance.

Episode 1

Engineers must construct and fit out a new station at Paddington, erect a 130m long great glass canopy to soar above the structure, and plug directly into Brunel's original station.

Episode 2

The first part of an exclusive series following the construction of Crossrail - one of Europe’s largest projects and one of the most ambitious in Britain since the time of Brunel.

Final part of an exclusive series following the construction of Crossrail - one of Europe’s largest projects and one of the most ambitious in Britain since the time of Brunel.

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.

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.

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.

All Episodes of The Fifteen Billion Pound Railway

Browse all episodes of The Fifteen Billion Pound Railway

Season 1

Urban Heart Surgery

Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 7/16/2014

Tunnels Under the Thames

Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 7/23/2014

Platforms and Plague Pits

Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 7/30/2014