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The Fifteen Billion Pound Railway

The Fifteen Billion Pound Railway

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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StatusReturning Series
Original NameThe Fifteen Billion Pound Railway
First Air DateJuly 16, 2014
Last Air DateJune 19, 2022
Seasons4
Episodes9
Episode Runtime1h 0min
LanguageEnglish
Original LanguageEnglish
Production CountriesUnited Kingdom
Production CompaniesWindfall Films
NetworksBBC Two
S04E02

Episode 2

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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