Scary- fifty lorries a day in West End to carry Crossrail spoil

wasn't there a proposal to use the old Royal Mail railway under london to get rid of the spoil rather than dealing with more sodding trucks?

the downside is that the Mail Rail is probably too small (and the train run on narrow gauge railway, smaller than the standard gauge railway) to haul all the earth, plus the problem of redesign the train, how to bring it down to the station, etc.

other solution is bringing it to the Thames and transport it via river, or even the canal.

Can they not do this after hours?

Sound solution expect people do live in Central London, as if the traffic is loud enough in rush hour, being awaken by HGV thundering by isn't the best of idea, especially with the Daily Mail mentality of the people.