The_800_Million_Pound_Railway_Station《8亿英镑的火车站》

应用科学类纪录片,BBC 频道 2007 年出品。

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b008ct46

  • 中文片名 :8亿英镑的火车站
  • 中文系列名:
  • 英文片名 :The 800 Million Pound Railway Station
  • 英文系列名:
  • 电视台 :BBC
  • 地区 :英国
  • 语言 :英语
  • 时长 :约 29 分钟/集
  • 版本 :TV
  • 发行时间 :2007

St Pancras火车站位于耗资58亿英镑的铁路末端,这条铁路英国修建了一个多世纪。该系列记录了这条铁路的建筑师,工程师以及其他工程人员的事迹,他们拼尽全力为这条铁路奉献一切,该铁路的修建已经超越其经济价值,更多的是关乎荣誉。

This episode tells the story of architect Alastair Lansley, whose expensive artistic vision unnerved the engineers.

The engineers and builders are about to hit the biggest deadline on the project so far. The tracks which bring the trains into St Pancras must be moved from the east to the west side of the station, over the course of a single weekend. If they fail, the entire £5.8 billion project will be thrown off-schedule.

Meanwhile, Chief Architect Alastair Lansley receives some terrifying news that may prevent him from seeing the project through.

Engineers race to finish the base build of the station. Huge bonuses are at stake and if the engineers don’t meet their deadline they could incur penalties of £50,000 a day until their work is finished. For 30 year old engineer Claire Clarr this is the biggest project of her career and a series of gruelling inspections will determine whether or not work on her section is signed off as complete. To add to the pressure Claire’s boss Mark Allison delivers news which will change the course of her working life.

With the base build complete, St Pancras must start its face lift. Commercial Director Mike Luddy dreams of creating a new style of station and of transforming St Pancras into a luxury destination in its own right.

Instead of fast food outlets he wants to install gastro pubs and fine dining. The highlight will be the longest champagne bar in Europe and a nine metre high bronze statue which he hopes will be an iconic centrepiece for the station.

A team of spin doctors and marketing gurus have to sell Commercial Director Mike Luddy’s vision for St Pancras station. They need to convince press and public that a place synonymous with prostitution, drugs and violent crime has been transformed into the chic destination station for Europe.

But deadlines are slipping and the picture looks very different on the ground. The builders are behind schedule, the 60 shops may not finish work on time and there are critical problems with the cherry on the St Pancras cake - a 9 meter statue specially commissioned for the station. And with the station opening in just a few weeks time and Eurostar already selling tickets from their new destination will St Pancras be ready in time?

The culmination of 11 years work and £5.8 billion of public and private money.

While the builders and engineers labour 7 days a week to try and finish major construction works Head of Marketing Jon Teeman is planning an enormous opening ceremony. A 1,000 seat arena is being erected and Her Majesty the Queen has agreed to open the station. With an invitation list boasting the great and the good and the eyes of the world’s media upon them the opening night has to be a success.

Meanwhile the station is still not finished and the builders must complete works in order for Eurostar to start running. With an expected 50 million passengers per year due to start travelling from the station on November 14th the deadline must be hit at all costs.

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  • 维基百科:St Pancras railway station

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