Europe’s Biggest Infrastructure Project, Explored By Drone And Timelapse

After three years of non - stop excavation , the tunnels for Crossrail , London ’s new subway system system , are finally complete . And while psasengers wo n’t be running through the tunnels for another three years , Transport for London has sent down a bunch of monotone and timelapse cameras to give us a much good feel for what ’s been happening under London .

Work started on Crossrail back in 2009 , but the tunnels were n’t begin until 2012 , when the first of eight giant machines started burrowing into the earth . At peak , the machines were churn out 300 feet of unexampled tunnel per week , while they fudge their way around the existing tube and sewer lines .

The video above mixes drone flights through the tunnels with timelapse telecasting of the construction to give some small appreciation of the scale of the work being done . In total , 26 miles of Modern tunnels have been dug under England ’s uppercase . Last week picture the last breakthrough , with ‘ Victoria ’ crashing through the clay into the cavern that will become Farringdon place by 2018 .