Work begins on Kent's Crossrail logistics hub

摘要

THAMES Gateway Minister Bob Neill has visited a disused Kent cement works to see how it will be used as a logistics base for the Crossrail project. Crossrail has signed an agreement to lease land at Lafarge's former works at Northfleet. The project will need 21 km of twin-bore tunnel boring under Central London and construction of six tunnel boring machines (TBMs) is under way in Germany.