Work will include the detailed design and management of the design for CRL during the construction phase. The design framework agreements will last the life of the project. The railway is scheduled to open for business in 2017. Officials did not disclose the contract value, but estimate the construction value of the Crossrail program at 15.9 billion pounds Sterling.

The Crossrail program will provide a critical infrastructure link for London and South East England.

The new route will run from Maidenhead and Heathrow Airport in the west, right across the capital into Essex and Kent in the east, travelling underground through the city center between Paddington and East London. It will operate with main line-size trains, carrying more than 1,500 passengers in each train. Preliminary works are scheduled to begin in early 2009 with main construction starting in 2010.

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