The UK’s Network Rail (NR) has announced that contractors working on the £2.3bn investment programme to upgrade the existing railway for the Crossrail programme have now passed the halfway milestone.

Earlier this year, a member of the public made an exclusive journey: from Abbey Wood to Paddington on the Elizabeth line. Admittedly, it was by accident; the gates had been left open and the man ...

Extending Crossrail beyond Abbey Wood to Dartford, Ebbsfleet and Gravesend would enhance the regeneration of north Kent, it was claimed last month. Kevin Lynes, chairman of Kent Thameside Regeneration ...