When complete in 2018, ten new stations in central and southeast London will increase the capital’s rail capacity by 10% and bring an extra 1.5 million people to within 45 minutes of central London.
Updated: December 10, 2014, 12:00 AM
Work on London Crossrail, Europe’s biggest infrastructure project, continues apace - in pictures
Concrete is spayed (left) on a crossover rail tunnel. Peter Macdiarmid / Getty Images
Workers receive training underground at the Crossrail Bond Street station. Peter Macdiarmid / Getty Images
A worker walks through the partially completed Crossrail Bond Street station tunnel. Peter Macdiarmid / Getty Images
Work continues on the new Crossrail station at Paddington. Peter Macdiarmid / Getty Images
A worker shifts dirt through the eastern ticket hall near Hannover Square. Peter Macdiarmid / Getty Images
A worker stands on clay dug from a crossrail tunnel marked by machinery tracks and footprints. Peter Macdiarmid / Getty Images
Workers prepare the rail tunnels at the new Crossrail station at Paddington. Peter Macdiarmid / Getty Images
An engineer checks progress on a crossover rail tunnel. Peter Macdiarmid / Getty Images
A worker walks past a digger in the partially completed Crossrail rail tunnel that will become Bond Street station. Peter Macdiarmid / Getty Images
Work continues on the new Crossrail station at Paddington. Peter Macdiarmid / Getty Images
Workers prepare the walls in the partially completed Crossrail rail tunnel that will become Bond Stret station. Peter Macdiarmid / Getty Images