The first sections of the new Crossrail Custom House station have now begun arriving on site in Docklands.
The component parts of the new station are fabricated in Laing O’Rourke’s factory in Steetley. The first sections to be delivered comprise columns and platform beams and slabs, which have been installed using a 120-tonne telescopic mobile crane from the contractor’s Select fleet.
The idea behind building large sections of the station off site is to save time and money and to minimise disruption to residents, existing rail services and the neighbouring ExCeL London conference and exhibition centre.
The Crossrail station is being built on the site of the former North London Line station. It will include a new ticket hall, an interchange with the Docklands Light Railway and step-free access between the platforms and street level.
Custom House project manager Linda Miller said: “A bit like a complex puzzle, piece by piece, we’ll be assembling the new station at Custom House over the next 18 months. Constructing the station elsewhere and putting it together on site significantly simplifies the process, saving time and money and reducing disruption. Custom House station will be of the very highest quality when it opens in 2018.”
Pictured below is the Laing O'Rourke factory in Steetley and, below them, a CGI of the completed Custom House station.
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