After years of work, one of the most complicated stations on London's troubled Crossrail project has finished at more than $1 billion, seven times the original budget. Carrying platforms for the new Elizabeth rail line, Whitechapel station in east London was remodeled from Victorian-era structures while trains continued running on existing London Underground and Overground services.
"The whole team at Whitechapel have done a fantastic job weaving between the existing operational transport services," says Mark Wild, CEO of the project company Crossrail Ltd. Steve O’Sullivan, project director of construction joint venture BBMV, which includes Balfour Beatty Construction Ltd., Morgan Sindall plc. and Vinci Construction, describes the project as an "incredible feat of engineering."