Network for the dissemination of knowledge on the management and organisation of large infrastructure projects in Europe
As a follow up to the Network Meeting in Vienna, specialists from the UK Department for Transport offered NETLIPSE members a Seminar on Business Cases of Large Infrastructure Projects and a site visit to the London Crossrail Project. On the 27th of October 2010 14 delegates from 4 different countries in Europe visited the Department for Transport in London.
The Crossrail Project is the largest civil engineering project in the UK and the largest single addition to the London transport network for over 50 years. Crossrail will connect the City, Canary Wharf, the West End and Heathrow Airport to commuter areas east and west of the capital.
It will be a world-class, affordable railway, with high frequency, convenient and accessible services across the capital. It will: