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3. Platforms and Plague Pits
The engineers building Crossrail race to build ten new train stations across London.
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The Fifteen Billion Pound Railway is a reality and documentary TV series that premiered on BBC Two on July 16, 2014. It has 4 seasons and 9 episodes so far and has ended. The latest episode, Season 4 Episode 2, aired on June 19, 2022.
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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9 episodes · 4 seasons
2014 · 3 episodes · Last episode: 12 years ago
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The engineers building Crossrail race to build ten new train stations across London.
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Engineers building Crossrail battle to rebuild a Victorian tunnel under the Royal Docks.
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A look at London's Crossrail, which requires building 42 km of tunnels under the city
2017 · 2 episodes · Last episode: 9 years ago
Ten thousand engineers and construction workers race to complete Crossrail.
The Fifteen Billion Pound Railway The Final Countdown release dates →
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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.
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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.
2019 · 2 episodes · Last episode: 7 years ago
Third series of the documentary charting the inside story of Crossrail.
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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.
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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.
2022 · 2 episodes · Last episode: 4 years ago
This final series charts the inside story of how the fifteen-billion pound railway became the nineteen-billion pound Elizabeth line.
The Fifteen Billion Pound Railway Inside the Elizabeth Line release dates →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.
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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 has ended, so no new episodes are scheduled. The final episode aired on June 19, 2022.
The most recent episode of The Fifteen Billion Pound Railway, Season 4 Episode 2, aired on June 19, 2022.
The Fifteen Billion Pound Railway has 4 seasons with 9 episodes in total.
The Fifteen Billion Pound Railway first aired on BBC Two on July 16, 2014.
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