Crossrail, the Glossary
Crossrail is a completed railway project centred on London.[1]
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195 relations: Abbey Wood, Abbey Wood railway station, ACS Group, Acton Main Line railway station, Ada Lovelace, Amber, Angel tube station, Anthrax, Automatic Warning System, BAM Nuttall, BBC News, Bechtel, Berkeley Group Holdings, Birmingham, Bison, Black Death, Blacklist (employment), Bluewater Shopping Centre, Bond Street station, Bowling ball, Britain in the Middle Ages, British Rail, British Rail Class 345, Bubonic plague, Canary Wharf Group, Canary Wharf railway station, Canning Town, Central London, Chalk, Charterhouse Square, Chicago Bridge & Iron Company, Chief business development officer, City of London, City of London Corporation, Civil engineering, Communications-based train control, Commuter rail, Conservative Party (UK), Consulting Association, County of London Plan, COVID-19 pandemic in England, Crosse & Blackwell, Crossrail 2, Crossrail Act 2008, Custom House station, David James, Baron James of Blackheath, Deep foundation, Department for Transport, East Anglia franchise, East London, ... Expand index (145 more) »
- London Rail
- Rail infrastructure in London
- Railway operators in London
Abbey Wood
Abbey Wood is an area in southeast London, England, straddling the border between the Royal Borough of Greenwich and the London Borough of Bexley.
Abbey Wood railway station
Abbey Wood is a National Rail station in Abbey Wood in southeast London, England.
See Crossrail and Abbey Wood railway station
ACS Group
ACS, Actividades de Construcción y Servicios, S.A. is a Spanish company dedicated to civil engineering, construction, all types of services and telecommunications.
Acton Main Line railway station
Acton Main Line is a railway station on the Great Western Main Line in Acton, west London, England.
See Crossrail and Acton Main Line railway station
Ada Lovelace
Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace (née Byron; 10 December 1815 – 27 November 1852), also known as Ada Lovelace, was an English mathematician and writer chiefly known for her work on Charles Babbage's proposed mechanical general-purpose computer, the Analytical Engine.
See Crossrail and Ada Lovelace
Amber
Amber is fossilized tree resin.
Angel tube station
Angel is a London Underground station in the Angel area of the London Borough of Islington.
See Crossrail and Angel tube station
Anthrax
Anthrax is an infection caused by the bacterium Bacillus anthracis.
Automatic Warning System
Automatic Warning System (AWS) is a railway safety system invented and predominantly used in the United Kingdom.
See Crossrail and Automatic Warning System
BAM Nuttall
BAM Nuttall Limited (formerly known as Edmund Nuttall Limited) is a construction and civil engineering company headquartered in Camberley, United Kingdom.
BBC News
BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs in the UK and around the world.
Bechtel
Bechtel Corporation is an American engineering, procurement, construction, and project management company founded in San Francisco, California in 1898, and headquartered in Reston, Virginia.
Berkeley Group Holdings
The Berkeley Group Holdings plc is a British property developer and house-builder based in Cobham, England.
See Crossrail and Berkeley Group Holdings
Birmingham
Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England.
Bison
A bison (bison) is a large bovine in the genus Bison (Greek: "wild ox" (bison)) within the tribe Bovini.
Black Death
The Black Death was a bubonic plague pandemic occurring in Europe from 1346 to 1353.
Blacklist (employment)
In employment, a blacklist or blacklisting refers to denying people employment for either political reasons (due to actual or suspected political affiliation), due to a history of trade union activity, or due to a history of whistleblowing, for example on safety or corruption issues.
See Crossrail and Blacklist (employment)
Bluewater Shopping Centre (commonly referred to as Bluewater) is an out-of-town shopping centre in Stone (postally Greenhithe), Kent, England, just outside the M25 motorway ring, east south east of London's centre.
See Crossrail and Bluewater Shopping Centre
Bond Street station
Bond Street is an interchange station in Mayfair, in the West End of London for London Underground and Elizabeth line services.
See Crossrail and Bond Street station
Bowling ball
A bowling ball is a hard spherical ball used to knock down bowling pins in the sport of bowling.
See Crossrail and Bowling ball
Britain in the Middle Ages
During most of the Middle Ages (c. 410–1485 AD), the island of Great Britain was divided into multiple kingdoms.
See Crossrail and Britain in the Middle Ages
British Rail
British Railways (BR), which from 1965 traded as British Rail, was a state-owned company that operated most rail transport in Great Britain from 1948 to 1997.
See Crossrail and British Rail
British Rail Class 345
The British Rail Class 345 Aventra is a fleet of electric multiple unit passenger trains built by Bombardier Transportation for use on London's Elizabeth line.
See Crossrail and British Rail Class 345
Bubonic plague
Bubonic plague is one of three types of plague caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis.
See Crossrail and Bubonic plague
Canary Wharf Group
Canary Wharf Group plc is a British property company headquartered in London, England.
See Crossrail and Canary Wharf Group
Canary Wharf railway station
Canary Wharf is an Elizabeth line station in Canary Wharf in East London, England.
See Crossrail and Canary Wharf railway station
Canning Town
Canning Town is a district in the London Borough of Newham, East London, England, north of the Royal Victoria Dock.
See Crossrail and Canning Town
Central London
Central London is the innermost part of London, in England, spanning the City of London and several boroughs.
See Crossrail and Central London
Chalk
Chalk is a soft, white, porous, sedimentary carbonate rock.
Charterhouse Square
Charterhouse Square is a garden square, a pentagonal space, in Farringdon, in the London Borough of Islington, and close to the former Smithfield Meat Market.
See Crossrail and Charterhouse Square
Chicago Bridge & Iron Company
CB&I, previously Chicago Bridge & Iron Co, was a large engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) company with its administrative headquarters in The Woodlands, Texas.
See Crossrail and Chicago Bridge & Iron Company
Chief business development officer
A chief business development officer (CBDO) is a position within a company established beside the other executive positions reporting to CEO and COO.
See Crossrail and Chief business development officer
City of London
The City of London, also known as the City, is a city, ceremonial county and local government district that contains the ancient centre, and constitutes, along with Canary Wharf, the primary central business district (CBD) of London and one of the leading financial centres of the world.
See Crossrail and City of London
City of London Corporation
The City of London Corporation, officially and legally the Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London, is the local authority of the City of London, the historic centre of London and the location of much of the United Kingdom's financial sector.
See Crossrail and City of London Corporation
Civil engineering
Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including public works such as roads, bridges, canals, dams, airports, sewage systems, pipelines, structural components of buildings, and railways.
See Crossrail and Civil engineering
Communications-based train control
Communications-based train control (CBTC) is a railway signaling system that uses telecommunications between the train and track equipment for traffic management and infrastructure control.
See Crossrail and Communications-based train control
Commuter rail
Commuter rail, or suburban rail, is a passenger rail transport service that primarily operates within a metropolitan area, connecting commuters to a central city from adjacent suburbs or commuter towns.
See Crossrail and Commuter rail
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative and Unionist Party, commonly the Conservative Party and colloquially known as the Tories, is one of the two main political parties in the United Kingdom, along with the Labour Party.
See Crossrail and Conservative Party (UK)
Consulting Association
The Consulting Association (TCA) was a controversial UK business (described by its key figure as "a non-profit making, unincorporated trade association"), based in Droitwich, which, from 1993 to 2009, maintained a database of British construction workers and became implicated in a "blacklisting" scandal, which is ongoing.
See Crossrail and Consulting Association
County of London Plan
The County of London Plan was prepared for the London County Council in 1943 by John Henry Forshaw (1895–1973) and Sir Leslie Patrick Abercrombie (1879–1957).
See Crossrail and County of London Plan
COVID-19 pandemic in England
The COVID-19 pandemic was first confirmed to have spread to England with two cases among Chinese nationals staying in a hotel in York on 31 January 2020.
See Crossrail and COVID-19 pandemic in England
Crosse & Blackwell
Crosse & Blackwell is a British food brand.
See Crossrail and Crosse & Blackwell
Crossrail 2
Crossrail 2 is a suspended proposal for a hybrid commuter rail and rapid transit route in South East England, running from nine stations in Surrey to three in Hertfordshire, providing a new North–South rail link across Greater London. Crossrail and Crossrail 2 are underground commuter rail.
Crossrail Act 2008
The Crossrail Act 2008 (c. 18) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that authorises the construction of the Crossrail railway from Maidenhead and Heathrow Airport to Shenfield and Abbey Wood.
See Crossrail and Crossrail Act 2008
Custom House station
Custom House is an interchange station by the Royal Docks, in Custom House in the London Borough of Newham, London for Docklands Light Railway (DLR) – on which it is branded Custom House for ExCeL – and Elizabeth line services.
See Crossrail and Custom House station
David James, Baron James of Blackheath
David Noel James, Baron James of Blackheath (born 7 December 1937) is a British businessman and corporate troubleshooter and Conservative life peer.
See Crossrail and David James, Baron James of Blackheath
Deep foundation
A deep foundation is a type of foundation that transfers building loads to the earth farther down from the surface than a shallow foundation does to a subsurface layer or a range of depths.
See Crossrail and Deep foundation
Department for Transport
The Department for Transport (DfT) is a ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom.
See Crossrail and Department for Transport
East Anglia franchise
The East Anglia franchise is a railway franchise for passenger trains on the Great Eastern Main Line and West Anglia Main Lines in England.
See Crossrail and East Anglia franchise
East London
East London is the northeastern part of London, England, east of the ancient City of London and north of the River Thames as it begins to widen.
Eastern Counties and Thames Junction Railway
The Eastern Counties and Thames Junction Railway in east London connected the Royal Docks with the Eastern Counties Railway (ECR).
See Crossrail and Eastern Counties and Thames Junction Railway
Ebbsfleet International railway station
Ebbsfleet International railway station is in Ebbsfleet Valley, Kent, east of London, England, near Dartford and the Bluewater Shopping Centre to the west and Gravesend to the east.
See Crossrail and Ebbsfleet International railway station
Elizabeth II
Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 19268 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death in 2022.
See Crossrail and Elizabeth II
Elizabeth line
The Elizabeth line is a high-frequency hybrid urban–suburban rail service in London and its suburbs. Crossrail and Elizabeth line are London Rail, railway operators in London and underground commuter rail.
See Crossrail and Elizabeth line
Ellie Simmonds
Eleanor May Simmonds, OBE (born 11 November 1994) is a British former Paralympian swimmer who competed in S6 events.
See Crossrail and Ellie Simmonds
Eminent domain
Eminent domain (also known as land acquisition, compulsory purchase, resumption, resumption/compulsory acquisition, or expropriation) is the power to take private property for public use.
See Crossrail and Eminent domain
European Investment Bank
The European Investment Bank (EIB) is the European Union's investment bank and is owned by the 27 member states.
See Crossrail and European Investment Bank
European Train Control System
The European Train Control System (ETCS) is a train protection system designed to replace the many incompatible systems used by European railways, and railways outside of Europe.
See Crossrail and European Train Control System
Euston railway station
Euston railway station (or London Euston) is a major central London railway terminus managed by Network Rail in the London Borough of Camden.
See Crossrail and Euston railway station
Fan (person)
A fan or fanatic, sometimes also termed an aficionado or enthusiast, is a person who exhibits strong interest or admiration for something or somebody, such as a celebrity, a sport, a sports team, a genre, a politician, a book, a movie, a video game or an entertainer.
See Crossrail and Fan (person)
Farringdon station
Farringdon is an interchange station located in Clerkenwell, London, England, in the London Borough of Islington, just outside the boundary of the City of London for London Underground, Elizabeth line and National Rail services.
See Crossrail and Farringdon station
Farringdon, London
Farringdon is an area in London and is located in the London Borough of Islington.
See Crossrail and Farringdon, London
Ferrovial
Ferrovial S.E., previously Grupo Ferrovial, is a Spanish multinational company that operates in the infrastructure sector for transportation and mobility with four divisions: Highways, Airports, Construction, and Mobility and Energy Infrastructure.
George Dow
George Dow (30 June 1907 – 28 January 1987) was a British employee of the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) and British Railways known for his public relations work and railway maps produced for his employers, and also a writer of railway literature, in particular his three-volume history of the Great Central Railway.
Gravesend railway station
Gravesend railway station serves the town of Gravesend in north Kent, England.
See Crossrail and Gravesend railway station
Great Eastern Main Line
The Great Eastern Main Line (GEML, sometimes referred to as the East Anglia Main Line) is a major railway line on the British railway system which connects Liverpool Street station in central London with destinations in east London and the East of England, including,,, and.
See Crossrail and Great Eastern Main Line
Great Northern route
The Great Northern route, formerly known as Great Northern Electrics, is the name given to suburban rail services run on the southern end of Britain's East Coast Main Line and its associated branches.
See Crossrail and Great Northern route
Great Plague of London
The Great Plague of London, lasting from 1665 to 1666, was the last major epidemic of the bubonic plague to occur in England.
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Great Western Main Line
The Great Western Main Line (GWML) is a main line railway in England that runs westwards from London Paddington to. Crossrail and Great Western Main Line are railway operators in London.
See Crossrail and Great Western Main Line
Great Western Railway (train operating company)
Great Western Railway (GWR) is a British train operating company owned by FirstGroup that operates the Greater Western passenger railway franchise.
See Crossrail and Great Western Railway (train operating company)
Greater Anglia
Greater Anglia (legal name Transport UK East Anglia Limited) is a British train operating company owned as a joint venture by Transport UK Group and Mitsui & Co. Crossrail and Greater Anglia are railway operators in London.
See Crossrail and Greater Anglia
Greater London
Greater London is the administrative area of London, which is coterminous with the London region.
See Crossrail and Greater London
Greater London Plan
The Greater London Plan of 1944 was developed by Patrick Abercrombie (1879–1957).
See Crossrail and Greater London Plan
Hansard
Hansard is the transcripts of parliamentary debates in Britain and many Commonwealth countries.
Heathrow Airport
Heathrow Airport, called London Airport until 1966, is the main international airport serving London, the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.
See Crossrail and Heathrow Airport
Heathrow Airport Holdings
Heathrow Airport Holdings is a company that operates and manages Heathrow Airport based in London, England.
See Crossrail and Heathrow Airport Holdings
Heathrow Connect
Heathrow Connect was a train service in London provided jointly by Heathrow Express and Great Western Railway (GWR), between Paddington station and Heathrow Airport. Crossrail and Heathrow Connect are railway operators in London.
See Crossrail and Heathrow Connect
Heathrow Express
Heathrow Express is a high-frequency airport rail link operating between London Heathrow Airport and. Crossrail and Heathrow Express are railway operators in London.
See Crossrail and Heathrow Express
Heathrow Southern Railway
The Heathrow Southern Railway is a proposed new railway in the United Kingdom which would link Heathrow Airport to railway lines south of London.
See Crossrail and Heathrow Southern Railway
Heathrow Terminal 4 railway station
Heathrow Terminal 4 is a railway station at Heathrow Terminal 4 served by the Elizabeth line.
See Crossrail and Heathrow Terminal 4 railway station
Heathrow Terminal 5 station
Heathrow Terminal 5 is a shared railway and London Underground station serving Heathrow Terminal 5.
See Crossrail and Heathrow Terminal 5 station
Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3 railway station
Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3 railway station (also known as Heathrow Central) serves Terminal 2 and Terminal 3 (and formerly Terminal 1 before its closure in 2015) at London Heathrow Airport.
See Crossrail and Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3 railway station
Herrenknecht
Herrenknecht AG is a German company that manufactures tunnel boring machines, headquartered in Allmannsweier, Schwanau, Baden-Württemberg.
See Crossrail and Herrenknecht
High Speed 1
High Speed 1 (HS1), legally the Channel Tunnel Rail Link (CTRL), is a high-speed railway linking London with the Channel Tunnel.
See Crossrail and High Speed 1
High Speed 2
High Speed 2 (HS2) is a high-speed railway which is under construction in England.
See Crossrail and High Speed 2
History of the Crossrail project
The Crossrail line was first proposed in 1941.
See Crossrail and History of the Crossrail project
Hochtief
Hochtief AG is a German construction company based in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Hoo Junction
Hoo Junction is a rail yard on the North Kent Line, near the village of Higham, Kent and Shorne Marshes, operated by DB Schenker.
See Crossrail and Hoo Junction
House of Lords
The House of Lords is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
See Crossrail and House of Lords
Ilford
Ilford is a large town in East London, England, northeast of Charing Cross.
Ilford Depot
Ilford Depot is a traction maintenance depot located in Ilford, Greater London, England.
See Crossrail and Ilford Depot
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Isambard Kingdom Brunel (9 April 1806 – 15 September 1859) was a British civil engineer and mechanical engineer who is considered "one of the most ingenious and prolific figures in engineering history", "one of the 19th-century engineering giants", and "one of the greatest figures of the Industrial Revolution, changed the face of the English landscape with his groundbreaking designs and ingenious constructions".
See Crossrail and Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Jessica Ennis-Hill
Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill (born 28 January 1986) is a retired British track and field athlete from England, specialising in the heptathlon and 100 metres hurdles.
See Crossrail and Jessica Ennis-Hill
John Murphy (contractor)
John Murphy (5 October 1913 – 7 May 2009) was an Irish business man who established the construction and infrastructure contractor J. Murphy & Sons.
See Crossrail and John Murphy (contractor)
Jubilee Line Extension
The Jubilee Line Extension (JLE) is the extension of the London Underground Jubilee line from to through south and east London.
See Crossrail and Jubilee Line Extension
Kier Group
Kier Group plc is a British construction, services and property group active in building and civil engineering, support services, and the Private Finance Initiative.
Kit-of-parts
Kit-of-parts theory refers to the study and application of object-oriented building techniques, where building components are pre-designed / pre-engineered / pre-fabricated for inclusion in joint-based (linear element), panel-based (planar element), module-based (solid element), and deployable (time element) construction systems.
See Crossrail and Kit-of-parts
Labour Party (UK)
The Labour Party is a social democratic political party in the United Kingdom that sits on the centre-left of the political spectrum.
See Crossrail and Labour Party (UK)
Lambeth Group
The Lambeth Group is a stratigraphic group, a set of geological rock strata in the London and Hampshire Basins of southern England.
See Crossrail and Lambeth Group
Limited company
In a limited company, the liability of members or subscribers of the company is limited to what they have invested or guaranteed to the company.
See Crossrail and Limited company
Liverpool Street station
Liverpool Street station, also known as London Liverpool Street, is a major central London railway terminus and connected London Underground station in the north-eastern corner of the City of London, in the ward of Bishopsgate Without.
See Crossrail and Liverpool Street station
London Assembly
The London Assembly is a 25-member elected body, part of the Greater London Authority, that scrutinises the activities of the Mayor of London and has the power, with a two-thirds supermajority, to amend the Mayor's annual budget and to reject the Mayor's draft statutory strategies.
See Crossrail and London Assembly
London Astoria
The London Astoria was a music venue at 157 Charing Cross Road, in London, England, that operated from 1976 to 2009.
See Crossrail and London Astoria
London Borough of Bexley
The London Borough of Bexley is a London borough in south-east London, forming part of Outer London.
See Crossrail and London Borough of Bexley
London Borough of Havering
The London Borough of Havering in East London, England, forms part of Outer London.
See Crossrail and London Borough of Havering
London Borough of Newham
The London Borough of Newham is a London borough created in 1965 by the London Government Act 1963.
See Crossrail and London Borough of Newham
London City Airport
London City Airport is a city airport in London, the capital of England and the United Kingdom.
See Crossrail and London City Airport
London King's Cross railway station
King's Cross railway station, also known as London King's Cross, is a passenger railway terminus in the London Borough of Camden, on the edge of Central London.
See Crossrail and London King's Cross railway station
London Overground
London Overground (also known simply as the Overground) is a suburban rail network serving London and its environs. Crossrail and London Overground are London Rail, rail infrastructure in London and railway operators in London.
See Crossrail and London Overground
London Paddington station
Paddington, also known as London Paddington, is a London railway station and London Underground station complex, located on Praed Street in the Paddington area.
See Crossrail and London Paddington station
London Rail
London Rail was a directorate of Transport for London (TfL), involved in the relationship with the National Rail network within Greater London, UK which managed TfL's non-London Underground train services.
London Southend Airport
London Southend Airport is a minor international airport situated on the outskirts of Southend-on-Sea in Essex, England, approximately from the centre of London.
See Crossrail and London Southend Airport
London Victoria station
Victoria station, also known as London Victoria, is a central London railway terminus and connected London Underground station in Victoria, in the City of Westminster, managed by Network Rail.
See Crossrail and London Victoria station
Marc Isambard Brunel
Sir Marc Isambard Brunel (25 April 1769 – 12 December 1849) was a French-British engineer who is most famous for the work he did in Britain.
See Crossrail and Marc Isambard Brunel
Mayor of London
The mayor of London is the chief executive of the Greater London Authority.
See Crossrail and Mayor of London
Medal
A medal or medallion is a small portable artistic object, a thin disc, normally of metal, carrying a design, usually on both sides.
Metropolitan line
The Metropolitan line, colloquially known as the Met, is a London Underground line between in the City of London and and in Buckinghamshire, with branches to in Hertfordshire and in Hillingdon.
See Crossrail and Metropolitan line
Mike Brown (transport executive)
Michael William Tuke Brown, (born 14 April 1964) is a British transport executive who was the Commissioner of Transport for London from September 2015, upon his appointment by Mayor of London Boris Johnson, until June 2020.
See Crossrail and Mike Brown (transport executive)
MTR Corporation
MTR Corporation Limited is a majority government-owned public transport operator and property developer in Hong Kong which operates the Mass Transit Railway, the most popular public transport network in Hong Kong.
See Crossrail and MTR Corporation
Museum of London Docklands
The Museum of London Docklands (formerly known as Museum in Docklands), based in West India Quay, explains the history of the River Thames, the growth of Port of London and the docks' historical link to the Atlantic slave trade.
See Crossrail and Museum of London Docklands
National Rail
National Rail (NR) is the trading name licensed for use by the Rail Delivery Group, an unincorporated association whose membership consists of the passenger train operating companies (TOCs) of England, Scotland, and Wales.
See Crossrail and National Rail
Nature reserve
A nature reserve (also known as a wildlife refuge, wildlife sanctuary, biosphere reserve or bioreserve, natural or nature preserve, or nature conservation area) is a protected area of importance for flora, fauna, funga, or features of geological or other special interest, which is reserved and managed for purposes of conservation and to provide special opportunities for study or research.
See Crossrail and Nature reserve
Network Rail
Network Rail Limited is the owner (via its subsidiary Network Rail Infrastructure Limited, which was known as Railtrack plc before 2002) and infrastructure manager of most of the railway network in Great Britain.
See Crossrail and Network Rail
North Kent Line
The North Kent Line is a railway line which branches off the South East Main Line at St Johns junction west of Lewisham station in Greater London and runs to Rochester Bridge Junction near Strood, Medway where it links to the Chatham Main Line.
See Crossrail and North Kent Line
North London line
The North London line (NLL) is a railway line which passes through the inner suburbs of west, north-west, north, and north-east London, England between Richmond in the south-west and Stratford in the east, avoiding central London.
See Crossrail and North London line
North Woolwich
North Woolwich is an area in the London Borough of Newham in East London, England, on the northern bank of the River Thames, across the river from Woolwich.
See Crossrail and North Woolwich
Official Journal of the European Union
The Official Journal of the European Union (the OJEU) is the official gazette of record for the European Union (EU).
See Crossrail and Official Journal of the European Union
Old Oak Common TMD
Old Oak Common TMD was a traction maintenance depot located west of London Paddington, in Old Oak Common.
See Crossrail and Old Oak Common TMD
Overhead line
An overhead line or overhead wire is an electrical cable that is used to transmit electrical energy to electric locomotives, electric multiple units, trolleybuses or trams.
See Crossrail and Overhead line
Passenger information system
A passenger information system, or passenger information display system, is an automated system for supplying users of public transport with information about the nature and the state of a public transport service through visual, voice or other media.
See Crossrail and Passenger information system
Passenger rail franchising in Great Britain
Passenger rail franchising in Great Britain is the system of contracting the operation of the passenger services on the railways of Great Britain to private companies, which has been in effect since 1996 and was greatly altered in 2020, with rail franchising being effectively abolished in May 2021.
See Crossrail and Passenger rail franchising in Great Britain
Patrick Abercrombie
Sir Leslie Patrick Abercrombie (6 June 1879 – 23 March 1957) was an English architect, urban designer and town planner, best known as the man who created London.
See Crossrail and Patrick Abercrombie
Patrick McLoughlin
Patrick Allen McLoughlin, Baron McLoughlin, (born 30 November 1957) is a British politician.
See Crossrail and Patrick McLoughlin
Phyllis Pearsall
Phyllis Isobella Pearsall MBE (25 September 1906 – 28 August 1996) was a British painter and writer who founded the Geographers' A-Z Map Company, for which she is regarded as one of the most successful business people of the twentieth century.
See Crossrail and Phyllis Pearsall
Planning gain
Planning gains (or planning obligations) are ways that local authorities in the United Kingdom can secure additional public benefits from developers, during the granting of planning permission.
See Crossrail and Planning gain
Platform screen doors
Platform screen doors (PSDs), also known as platform edge doors (PEDs), are used at some train, rapid transit and people mover stations to separate the platform from train tracks, as well as on some bus rapid transit, tram and light rail systems.
See Crossrail and Platform screen doors
Platinum Jubilee of Elizabeth II
The Platinum Jubilee of Elizabeth II was the international celebration in 2022 marking the 70th anniversary of the accession of Queen Elizabeth II on 6 February 1952.
See Crossrail and Platinum Jubilee of Elizabeth II
Plumstead
Plumstead is an area in southeast London, within the Royal Borough of Greenwich, England.
Prehistoric Britain
Several species of humans have intermittently occupied Great Britain for almost a million years.
See Crossrail and Prehistoric Britain
Prime minister
A prime minister or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system.
See Crossrail and Prime minister
PROCAT
PROCAT was a further education college based in Basildon, Essex, England, with an additional campus in Canvey Island.
Public and private bills
Proposed bills are often categorized into public bills and private bills.
See Crossrail and Public and private bills
Queen Victoria
Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death in 1901.
See Crossrail and Queen Victoria
Rail operating centre
A rail operating centre (ROC) is a building that houses all signallers, signalling equipment, ancillaries and operators for a specific region or route on the United Kingdom's main rail network.
See Crossrail and Rail operating centre
Rapid transit
Rapid transit or mass rapid transit (MRT), commonly referred to as metro, is a type of high-capacity public transport that is generally built in urban areas.
See Crossrail and Rapid transit
Réseau Express Régional
The Réseau Express Régional (Regional Express Network), commonly abbreviated RER, is a hybrid commuter rail and rapid transit system, similar to the S-Bahns of German-speaking countries, serving Paris and its suburbs. Crossrail and Réseau Express Régional are underground commuter rail.
See Crossrail and Réseau Express Régional
Reading railway station
Reading railway station is a major transport hub in Reading, Berkshire, England; it is west of.
See Crossrail and Reading railway station
Reindeer
The reindeer or caribou (Rangifer tarandus) is a species of deer with circumpolar distribution, native to Arctic, subarctic, tundra, boreal, and mountainous regions of Northern Europe, Siberia, and North America.
River Thames
The River Thames, known alternatively in parts as the River Isis, is a river that flows through southern England including London.
See Crossrail and River Thames
Roman Britain
Roman Britain was the territory that became the Roman province of Britannia after the Roman conquest of Britain, consisting of a large part of the island of Great Britain.
See Crossrail and Roman Britain
Roman currency
Roman currency for most of Roman history consisted of gold, silver, bronze, orichalcum and copper coinage.
See Crossrail and Roman currency
Route Utilisation Strategy
Network Rail (NR) has an obligation, transferred from the abolished Strategic Rail Authority, to periodically produce Route Utilisation Strategy (RUS) documents.
See Crossrail and Route Utilisation Strategy
Royal assent
Royal assent is the method by which a monarch formally approves an act of the legislature, either directly or through an official acting on the monarch's behalf.
See Crossrail and Royal assent
Royal Oak tube station
Royal Oak is a station of the London Underground, on the Hammersmith & City and Circle lines, between and stations.
See Crossrail and Royal Oak tube station
Sadiq Khan
Sadiq Aman Khan (born 8 October 1970) is a British politician serving as Mayor of London since 2016.
Scottish Affairs Select Committee
The Scottish Affairs Select Committee is a select committee of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
See Crossrail and Scottish Affairs Select Committee
Secretary of State for Business and Trade
The secretary of state for business and trade (business secretary), is a secretary of state in the Government of the United Kingdom, with responsibility for the Department for Business and Trade.
See Crossrail and Secretary of State for Business and Trade
Shenfield–Southend line
The Shenfield–Southend line is a branch line off the Great Eastern Main Line in Essex, in the east of England.
See Crossrail and Shenfield–Southend line
Silvertown railway station
Silvertown railway station was on the North London Line (NLL) serving the Silvertown area of east London, the station and the eastern section of the line it was on were closed in 2006.
See Crossrail and Silvertown railway station
Sisk Group
Sisk Group is a construction and property company founded in Cork, Ireland in 1859 with operations in Ireland, United Kingdom, Belgium, Poland, Sweden and the Middle East.
Smithfield, London
Smithfield, properly known as West Smithfield, is a district located in Central London, part of Farringdon Without, the most westerly ward of the City of London, England.
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Sophia Kingdom
Sophia Kingdom (15 February 1775 – 5 January 1855), later known as Lady Brunel, was the mother of Isambard Kingdom Brunel.
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Southend-on-Sea City Council
Southend-on-Sea City Council is the local authority of the city of Southend-on-Sea, in the ceremonial county of Essex, England.
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Stepney
Stepney is an area in London, England located in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
Stepney Green cavern
Stepney Green cavern is an underground junction which contains the junction where Crossrail divides into two branches: one to Shenfield and one to Abbey Wood.
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Subcontractor
A subcontractor is a person or business which undertakes to perform part or all of the obligations of another's contract, and a subcontract is a contract which assigns part of an existing contract to a subcontractor.
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TfL Rail
TfL Rail was the concession which operated commuter services on two separate railway lines in London, England and its environs whilst the Crossrail construction project linking these lines was underway.
Thames Estuary
The Thames Estuary is where the River Thames meets the waters of the North Sea, in the south-east of Great Britain.
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Thames Tideway Tunnel
The Thames Tideway Tunnel is a combined sewer running mostly under the tidal section (estuary) of the River Thames across Inner London intended to capture, store and convey almost all the raw sewage and rainwater that currently overflows into the estuary.
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Thames Tunnel
The Thames Tunnel is a tunnel beneath the River Thames in London, connecting Rotherhithe and Wapping.
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Thanet Formation
The Thanet Formation is a geological formation found in the London Basin of southeastern England.
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The Fifteen Billion Pound Railway
The Fifteen Billion Pound Railway is a British TV documentary series about the construction of a section of the Crossrail railway line which tunnels beneath central London.
See Crossrail and The Fifteen Billion Pound Railway
The National Archives (United Kingdom)
The National Archives (TNA; Yr Archifau Cenedlaethol) is a non-ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom.
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The Observer
The Observer is a British newspaper published on Sundays.
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The Star (1888–1960)
The Star was a London evening newspaper founded in 1888.
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Train Protection & Warning System
The Train Protection & Warning System (TPWS) is a train protection system used throughout the British passenger main-line railway network, and in Victoria, Australia.
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Transport for London
Transport for London (TfL) is a local government body responsible for most of the transport network in London, United Kingdom.
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Transport in London
London has an extensive and developed transport network which includes both public and private services.
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Tudor period
In England and Wales, the Tudor period occurred between 1485 and 1603, including the Elizabethan era during the reign of Elizabeth I (1558–1603).
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Tunnel boring machine
A tunnel boring machine (TBM), also known as a "mole" or a "worm", is a machine used to excavate tunnels.
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Van Oord
Royal Van Oord is a Dutch maritime contracting company that specializes in dredging, land reclamation and constructing man made islands.
Victoria line
The Victoria line is a London Underground line that runs between in south London and in the north-east, via the West End.
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Victorian era
In the history of the United Kingdom and the British Empire, the Victorian era was the reign of Queen Victoria, from 20 June 1837 until her death on 22 January 1901.
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Vince Cable
Sir John Vincent Cable (born 9 May 1943) is a British politician who was Leader of the Liberal Democrats from 2017 to 2019.
Wallasea Island
Wallasea Island lies in Essex, England.
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Wallasea Wetlands
Wallasea Wetlands is a reclaimed wetlands area located in Essex, England.
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West Coast Main Line
The West Coast Main Line (WCML) is one of the most important railway corridors in the United Kingdom, connecting the major cities of London and Glasgow with branches to Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool and Edinburgh.
See Crossrail and West Coast Main Line
West End of London
The West End of London (commonly referred to as the West End) is a district of Central London, London, England, west of the City of London and north of the River Thames, in which many of the city's major tourist attractions, shops, businesses, government buildings and entertainment venues, including West End theatres, are concentrated.
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Westbourne Park tube station
Westbourne Park is a London Underground station in the Notting Hill area of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.
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Westbourne, London
Westbourne is an area in West London.
See Crossrail and Westbourne, London
Whitechapel station
Whitechapel is an interchange station in Whitechapel, East London for London Underground, London Overground and Elizabeth line services.
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Woolly mammoth
The woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) is an extinct species of mammoth that lived from the Middle Pleistocene until its extinction in the Holocene epoch.
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Woolwich railway station
Woolwich railway station is an Elizabeth line station in Woolwich in London, England which opened on 24 May 2022, and has up to 12 trains per hour to Canary Wharf and Central London.
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2010 United Kingdom general election
The 2010 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday 6 May 2010, to elect Members of Parliament (or MPs) to the House of Commons.
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25 kV AC railway electrification
Railway electrification systems using alternating current (AC) at are used worldwide, especially for high-speed rail.
See Crossrail and 25 kV AC railway electrification
See also
London Rail
- Crossrail
- Docklands Light Railway
- Elizabeth line
- London Overground
- London Rail
- Overground Network
- Southern Crossrail
Rail infrastructure in London
- Bermondsey dive-under
- Canal Tunnels
- Copenhagen Tunnel
- Crossrail
- Docklands Light Railway
- East London line extension
- Feltham marshalling yard
- Hither Green marshalling yard
- Kings Cross Top Shed
- London Overground
- London Underground
- London station group
- New Works Programme
- Night Tube
- Overground Network
- Snow Hill tunnel (London)
- Thameslink Programme
Railway operators in London
- C2c
- Chiltern Railways
- Connex South Central
- Crossrail
- Elizabeth line
- First Capital Connect
- Gatwick Express
- Govia Thameslink Railway
- Great Western Main Line
- Greater Anglia
- Heathrow Connect
- Heathrow Express
- London Overground
- London Overground Rail Operations
- National Express East Anglia
- Network SouthCentral
- Prism Rail
- Silverlink
- South Eastern Trains
- South West Trains
- South Western Railway
- Southeastern (train operating company)
- Southeastern (train operating company, 2006–2021)
- Southern (Govia Thameslink Railway)
- Stansted Express
- Thames Trains
- Thameslink (train operating company, 1997–2006)
- West Anglia Great Northern
- West Midlands Trains
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossrail
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