Tunnels - Wayss & Freytag Ingenieurbau AG

Crossrail Western Tunnels and Bond Street and
Tottenham Court Road Stations, London
United Kingdom
General Data:
Project: Crossrail Western Tunnels and
Bond Street and
Tottenham Court Road Stations,
single-track railway
Client: Crossrail Limited, London, UK
Contractor: Wayss & Freytag Ingenieurbau AG
in a joint venture
Construction period: February 2011 to July 2015
Construction costs: € 505 million
Technical Data:
Scope of work:
Contract C300: Construction of 2 parallel, singletrack
railway tunnels, length: 5.9 km
each, internal diameter: 6.20 m;
6 cross-passages; construction of
Fisher Street Shaft and Crossover
Contract C410: Construction of Bond Street and
Tottenham Court Stations
Construction method: Construction of the tunnels using 2
EPB shields, shield diameter: 7.10 m;
construction of stations using the
sprayed concrete lining (SCL)
method; construction of Fisher Street
Shaft and Crossover using NATM
techniques with a sprayed concrete
inner lining
Geology: London Clay
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