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The Fifteen Billion Pound Railway

The Final Countdown · 2 episodes · May 22, 2017

Ten thousand engineers and construction workers race to complete Crossrail.

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    Episode 1

    Episode 1

    May 22, 2017

    Linda and her team must battle fault lines that threaten the site with flooding, race to build access tunnels to alleviate pressure on a congested construction site, and piece together a giant geometric jigsaw that will form a station entrance.

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    Episode 2

    Episode 2

    May 29, 2017

    Engineers must construct and fit out a new station at Paddington, erect a 130m long great glass canopy to soar above the structure, and plug directly into Brunel's original station.