Abbey Wood Crossrail link to be built by Balfour Beatty Rail in £130m deal

4:33pm Thursday 7th March 2013 in News By Mark Chandler

Work at the Plumstead portal Work at the Plumstead portal

ABBEY Wood's Crossrail link to Plumstead will be built by Balfour Beatty Rail in a £130m deal, it has been announced.

The contract includes installing two new dedicated lines, running along existing North Kent ones and providing access to the new Crossrail tunnels at Plumstead.

There will also be modifications to several bridges along the route to accommodate the overhead electric wires.

It also includes construction of a new station building at Abbey Wood with a new Crossrail platform that will allow for easy interchange with North Kent services.

Network Rail’s Crossrail senior programme manager Peter Mason said: "The transformed Abbey Wood station will act as a catalyst for the regeneration of the surrounding area and provide opportunities for local employment, meeting the development aspirations of the two London boroughs it serves, Greenwich and Bexley."

Construction work will start in 2014.

Comments(7)

simonwebb70 says...
3:23pm Fri 8 Mar 13

What a total waste of money but I surpose it will make it easier for the mass of immigrants populating Abbey Wood, Thamesmead and Woolwich to move around easier. Not much use for anything else.

Report this post »

joertmclark says...
3:53pm Fri 8 Mar 13

Great to hear. The development of a new station will improve the surrounding area that is vastly need in Abbey Wood.

Report this post »

joertmclark says...
3:53pm Fri 8 Mar 13

*needed

Report this post »

hereallweek says...
3:56pm Fri 8 Mar 13

It will mean a direct link from this part of the world to the West End without having to get the tube. Journey times slashed. I can't wait.

Report this post »

Joelo says...
4:22pm Fri 8 Mar 13

This can't happen soon enough. There are a lot of decent hardworking Londoners here too and this area has been forgotten about for too long.

Report this post »

Virtual-Monster says...
7:16pm Sat 9 Mar 13

Pretty sure the construction process will be slowed by the inevitable thievery of some local Abbey Wood inhabitants...

I can hear the calls now in the Barge Pole "Anyone wanna buy a Crossrail train, brand new, never been on a rail".

Report this post »

nearly right all the time says...
11:22pm Sat 9 Mar 13

Still cant travel from SE London to Heathrow without changing!

£7 billion well spent!

Report this post »

click2find

About cookies

We want you to enjoy your visit to our website. That's why we use cookies to enhance your experience. By staying on our website you agree to our use of cookies. Find out more about the cookies we use.

I agree