£14.8bn is the expected cost of construction for Crossrail, with 73 miles of extra track length to be added to existing London’s transport systems, 200 million more journeys each year and 24 extra journeys to run at peak times of the day per hour. It is Europe’s largest and most ambitious infrastructure project to date and the largest scheme in London for more than 20 years since the extension of London’s underground system with the Jubilee Line in the late 1990’s. Until now, London’s transport system has generated a land value of £9billion. The Crossrail will no doubt take precedence […]