到2018年,通过一条穿越城市中心的新建高运力铁路——Crossrail,伦敦东西部的轨道交通线路将连接在一起。基斯.巴郎在本文中探讨了这个欧洲最大铁路工程之一的项目将如何满足一个拥挤的路网迫切缓解压力的需求。一个半世纪之前,开拓地下铁路的建设如火如荼。建设伦敦大都会铁路的明挖回填式隧道需要大范围的拆迁,大范围的竖井给地面早已拥挤不堪的街道造成了巨大的交通混乱。尽管如此,线路的建成仍然是非常成功的。 By 2018, Crossrail, a new high-capacity rail link that runs through the city center, will connect the rail transit routes in eastern and western London. Keith Balang explores in this paper how the project of one of Europe’s largest railroad projects will address the pressing need of a crowded road network. A century and a half ago, the construction of the Mass Transit Railway was in full swing. Large-scale demolition of open-cut tunnels for the construction of the London Metropolitan Railway require extensive disruption to the already crowded streets on the ground. Nevertheless, the completion of the line is still very successful.