An inside look at the construction of London's massive new railway system

It's been billed as the biggest infrastructure project in Europe, will cost more to complete than the London Olympics, and promises to drastically boost the speed and capacity of mass transit in that city and its surrounding area. Already, the half-finished construction of Crossrail — a mammoth railway system that will add 26 miles of underground tunnels to London — is yielding both disruption and development in affected communities. Above ground, the railway system is causing road closures and detours, and has the potential to drastically change property values and commercial development patterns.

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