In message , Basil Jet
writes

On 26/05/2010 15:04, Paul Terry wrote:

Which reminds me that there were several proposals to use the Post
Office Railway to remove spoil from the central area. I haven't heard
anything more of the suggestion, though.

Wouldn't it be easier to remove the spoil by the Crossrail tunnels they
had just dug?

The idea was to use the PO Railway to remove the huge amounts of spoil
from the shafts and station boxes that are currently being dug. The
actual tunnel boring is not due to start until late 2011 but when it
does, the spoil from that will indeed be removed by rail through the
tunnel itself.

Apparently the idea of adapting the PO Railway for spoil transportation
was considered by the Crossrail board, but rejected for a number of
fairly obvious reasons, so lorries are being used instead at the moment.
--
Paul Terry