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The Fifteen Billion Pound Railway

The Final Countdown

2017 · 2 episodes

Ten thousand engineers and construction workers race to complete Crossrail.

  1. 1. Episode 1

    2017-05-22 · 60m

    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.

  2. 2. Episode 2

    2017-05-29 · 60m

    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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