About the book

Crossrail: How the Elizabeth was built consists of 15 chapters examining how London's new railway was created. The chapters are listed below:

1. The Making
2. The Money
3. The Companies
4. The Build
5. The Stations
6. The Overground
7. The Trains
8. The Technology
9. The Crisis
10. The Extra Money
11. The Post Mortem
12. The Reboot
13. The Opening
14. The Operator
15. The Future

The author, Dan Harvey, reported on the Crossrail programme from funding approval in 2008 to completion in 2023. With a monthly column devoted to the project in Modern Railways magazine, and regular updates on the Transport Briefing website, he gained an unrivalled insight into the development of the Elizabeth line, one of Britain's largest ever rail infrastructure undertakings.