Story of Crossrail

The story of an engineering marvel of the modern age, from Britain's leading writer on the railways and their history.

About the author

Christian Wolmar is an award-winning journalist and the author of a series of books on transport history including Fire & Steam, Railways & the Raj and Railways. He writes regularly for various newspapers and magazines, and has a regular column in Rail magazine.

Summary

The story of an engineering marvel of the modern age, from Britain's leading writer on the railways and their history.

Foreword

The story of an engineering marvel of the modern age, from Britain's bestselling writer on railways.

Additional text

There will surely be lessons from Crossrail to suggest how the work might have been done even more efficiently and quickly' Financial Times.

Product details

• Authors: Christian Wolmar, Wolmar Christian
• Publisher: Head of Zeus
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2018
• EAN: 9781788540254
• ISBN: 978-1-78854-025-4
• No. of pages: 320
• Subjects: Guides > Motor vehicles, aircraft, ships, space travel > Rail vehicles; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Urban, spatial and country planning; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; TRANSPORTATION / Public Transportation, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Civil / Transportation, TRANSPORTATION / Railroads / General, Civil engineering, surveying & building, Non Fiction, Early 21st century c 2000 to c 2050, Trains and railways: general interest, South & South East England, Transport planning and policy, South and South East England, Transport planning & policy, Railway technology, engineering and trades, Railway Technology, Engineering & Trades, Civil engineering, surveying and building