The Anonymous Widower

Crossrail Will Be Making Noise On Moorgate

I received an e-mail from Crossrail today entitled Access Passage Under Moorgate.

This is said.

We are making progress with the tunnel connections between the Crossrail Moorgate ticket hall and the station platforms.

From the evening of Wednesday 9 November until Saturday 12 November 2016, we will break out the connection between the top of the escalator shaft and the access passage to Moorgate.

As we are breaking out concrete, there is likely to be some audible ground borne noise and vibration for occupants of nearby buildings and we apologise in advance for any inconvenience caused.

Hopefully, I won’t hear it a couple of miles to the North.

Seriously, though, I don’t think you can get fairer than that, especially, as the works at Moorgate so far, don’t seem to have been particularly disruptive.

The e-mail also pointed me to this cross-section of the station and the works.

East-West Cross-Section Of Moorgate Crossrail Station

Note.

1. Two banks of escalators are used to descend to Crossrail at Moorgate station.
2. It is a similar arrangement at Liverpool Street station.
3. If you’re walking between the two stations, a good proportion ofthe journet wil be on escalators.
4. I think that the two smaller tunnels running under Moorgate and below the lower bank of escalators are the Northern Line tunnels.

It looks like the design has followed the rule of trying to keep to using only North-South and East-West routes for the tunnels.

November 1, 2016 - Posted by AnonW | Transport/Travel | Crossrail, Good Design, Liverpool Street Station, Moorgate Station