First sections of Custom House station arrive in east London
17 March 2014Crossrail has received the first sections of Custom House station from an East Midlands factory, the company announced recently.
The component parts of the new station are being fabricated in the Laing O'Rourke factory in Steetley and will now be assembled on site in east London. The first sections to be delivered comprise columns and platform beams and slabs, which have been installed using a 120t crane.
The Crossrail station will be built on the site of the former North London Line station and will include a new ticket hall, an interchange with the Docklands Light Railway and step-free access between the platforms and street level.
Linda Miller, project manager at Custom House said: "A bit like a complex puzzle, piece by piece, we'll be assembling the new station at Custom House over the next eighteen months. Constructing the station elsewhere and putting it together on site significantly simplifies the process, saving time and money and reducing disruption. Custom House station will be of the very highest quality when it opens in 2018."
