Elizabeth Line: Iron and Steel

(asked on 24th May 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the provenance was of the steel used by Crossrail Ltd in the construction of the Elizabeth Line.


Answered by
Trudy Harrison Portrait
Trudy Harrison
This question was answered on 1st June 2022

The 57km of steel required for the rails of the Elizabeth line central section, between Paddington and Abbey Wood, was sourced entirely from British Steel in Scunthorpe. This equates to 7,000 tonnes of steel.

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