Stunning images of the most ambitious engineering project in Europe

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Crossrail is an addition to the London's burgeoning transport infrastructure, designed to modernize the UK's rail network and relieve pressure on existing transport, such as the 'Tube'. The Crossrail project is a scheme which has been toyed with for many years. In 1974 the London Rail Study gave a name to the idea of 'Crossrail', but it was decades before it became a reality. In 2000 the Labour government approved the construction of an east to west rail link in London in a long term transport plan. In 2003, then Secretary of State for Transport, Alistair Darling was presented with the Crossrail Business Case, indicating strong support from London's movers and shakers.Work began on Crossrail in 2009 at Canary Wharf in East London's Docklands. It has meant significant development to some of London's most well-known stations, such as here at Paddington. Tunneling work, all 26 miles of it, was completed in June 2015 after three years of effort. The cost of the project has increased over the years. In 2002, it was believed that it could be done for £10bn. This was revised to £14.8bn after a Government Comprehensive Spending Review in 2010. London's Crossrail, Europe's biggest infrastructure project, is a rail system currently being constructed which will go across London, and reach Heathrow and Reading in the West and Essex in the East of England. When complete in 2018, ten new stations in central and southeast London will increase the capitals rail capacity by 10 per cent and bring an extra 1.5 million people to within 45 minutes of central London.

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