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Crossrail Connaught Tunnel Checked For Bombs

Contractors making sure a bomb hit in 1940 didn’t leave any nasty surprises.

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Name The Crossrail Tunnelling Machines

Female names sought for boring machines. Bad jokes ensue.

You know the drill.

Huge Boring Machine Lowered Into Place For Lee Tunnel

Dig this.

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Crossrail Trains To Be Supplied Under PFI

Government turns down Boris’s request to let TfL buy them.

The not so inspiring welcome to Oxford Street.

Developer Applies For Very Dull Oxford Street Development

Crossrail and property developer Derwent have submitted a planning application for their Tottenham Court Road Station development, and everyone isn’t happy.

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Extra, Extra

Dangerous bus braking, heat on the Tube and Crossrail 2: a transport-themed news round-up.

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Extra, Extra

Tuesday-already news. Including: guess which 90s sitcom is reappearing for 2012….

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Pudding Mill Lane Station To Be Rebuilt

Crossrail tunnel work means that DLR station will be demolished and rebuilt nearby.

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Crossrail Dig Uncovers Hundreds Of ‘Lunatic’ Skeletons

Ancient graveyard found at Liverpool Street.

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Boris Johnson’s Transport Cuts Conundrum

Major overhaul of TfL is planned.

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Extra Extra

You don’t hear from a part of London for ages, and then two news stories come along at once. Hello Richmond!