Cable management systems installed in Stepney Green
With less than 18 months until the Crossrail line opens, new images have been released showing engineers working around the clock to install the overhead power system for the new trains.
The images show engineers installing the cabling and power supply system inside the vast tunnels which run for 26 miles beneath the capital.
Each Elizabeth line train will draw power in the tunnels from a rigid “overhead catenary system” including an aluminium conductor bar housing copper wire. The bars are currently being installed in 10m sections.
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