The Fifteen Billion Pound Railway

British TV documentary series

BBC Two
BBC Two HD

Release16 July 2014 (2014-07-16) –
19 June 2022 (2022-06-19)

The Fifteen Billion Pound Railway is a British TV documentary series about the construction of a section of the Crossrail railway line which tunnels beneath central London. The first series was produced by Windfall Films and released in the UK in July 2014.^[1]^[2]^[3] It was aired by SBS in Australia, as London's Super Tunnel, commencing in November 2014.^[4]

A second series started airing in May 2017,^[5] a third series in February 2019,^[6] and a fourth and final series, covering the testing and snags in the eventual run-up to public opening, aired in June 2022.^[7]

Episodes

Series 1
Title	Original airdate	Episode
Urban Heart Surgery	16 July 2014	1
Tunnels Under The Thames	23 July 2014	2
Platform and Plague Pits	30 July 2014	3

Series 2
Title	Original airdate	Episode
The Final Countdown (Part 1)	22 May 2017	1
The Final Countdown (Part 2)	29 May 2017	2

Series 3
Title	Original airdate	Episode
Under Pressure, Over Budget (Part 1)	13 February 2019	1
Under Pressure, Over Budget (Part 2)	20 February 2019	2

Series 4
Title	Original airdate	Episode
Inside The Elizabeth Line (Part 1)	12 June 2022	1
Inside The Elizabeth Line (Part 2)	19 June 2022	2

References

^ "The Fifteen Billion Pound Railway". Windfall Films. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
^ Release info: The Fifteen Billion Pound Railway at IMDb
^ O'Donovan, Gerard. "The Fifteen Billion Pound Railway, BBC Two, review: 'curiously breathtaking'". Telegraph.co.uk.
^ "The world's most complex underground railway construction is underway!". www.sbs.com.au. SBS - Special Broadcasting Service. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
^ Dowling, Tim (23 May 2017). "The Fifteen Billion Pound Railway review – like Top Gear for train fans". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 21 February 2019. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
^ Dowling, Tim (20 February 2019). "The Fifteen Billion Pound Railway review – digging into the Crossrail catastrophe". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 21 February 2019. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
^ Singh, Anita (12 June 2022). "The Fifteen Billion Pound Railway: Inside the Elizabeth Line, review: a dull journey". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 13 June 2022. Retrieved 13 June 2022.