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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Status	Returning Series
Original Name	The Fifteen Billion Pound Railway
First Air Date	July 16, 2014
Last Air Date	June 19, 2022
Seasons	4
Episodes	9
Episode Runtime	1h 0min
Language	English
Original Language	English
Production Countries	United Kingdom
Production Companies	Windfall Films
Networks	BBC 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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