The Stirling Prize is normally awarded to a new building, but has gone to the entire train line.
The Elizabeth line, London's newest train line, has been awarded the UK's most prestigious architecture prize.
The line, which runs from east to west via central London, opened in 2022 and transports more than 700,000 passengers every weekday. "It's an uncluttered canvas that incorporates a slick suite of architectural components to create a consistent, line-wide identity - through which thousands of daily passengers navigate with ease.
It was designed by a group of architects, engineers and designers including Grimshaw, Maynard, Equation and AtkinsRéalis.
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