The Fifteen Billion Pound Railway (2014)

Genre

documentary, reality

Country

United Kingdom

Length

4 seasons, 9 episodes

Rated

6

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary series follows the construction of a massive railway tunnel being built under central London. It shows the engineering challenges and the people working to complete this huge infrastructure project.

informativedetailedobservationalupbeatfocusedmethodicalengrossingbehind-the-scenes

What happens

The Fifteen Billion Pound Railway is a British TV documentary series about the construction of a section of the Crossrail railway line which tunnels beneath central London. The first series was produced by Windfall Films and released in the UK in July 2014. It was aired by SBS in Australia, as London's Super Tunnel, commencing in November 2014. A second series started airing in May 2017, a third series in February 2019, and a fourth and final series, covering the testing and snags in the eventual run-up to public opening, aired in June 2022. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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