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One key question is that with the construction of the Elizabeth line, and this being a known issue how was that designed and built differently to solve this problem, assuming it has fixed it.

Update:

There’s not a huge amount, but with careful search term tweaking I did find this on the Elizabeth line thermal loads:

https://learninglegacy.crossrail.co.uk/documents/the-design-...




I had the same idea as proposed in this paper: dump tunnel heat into nearby buildings. Win-win! However:

> This paper for a possible energy segment installation was written during the design phase but the proposal was not implemented.

Bleah.




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