Crossrail's construction commenced on 15 May 2009 with the start of work on Canary Wharf station, with tunnelling work starting in May 2012. The western tunnelling machines Phyllis and Ada have now reached Tottenham Court Road and Bond Street respectively. In south-east London, tunnelling machine Sophia has reached the Woolwich station box with sister machine Mary now underway from Plumstead.

Crossrail is moving into the peak of construction between now and 2015. The entire project is now more than one-third complete and progress made to date includes:

Over 8,000 workers at more than 40 construction sites across London and the southeast
Eight tunnel boring machines will be used to construct the Crossrail route with six tunnelling machines now in operation.

This short video describes the tunnelling works that are being carried out beneath the busy streets of London, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

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Video released in 2013

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