Crossrail stations will welcome first trains in three months’ time when engineers test tracks – but bosses insist £18.7bn line WILL open in first half of 2022 (£4bn over budget and two years late) Mark Wilde, Chief Executive of Crossrail, offered progress report for the project He said he was aiming for Crossrail to be … Read more
Crossrail is already paying 140 drivers up to £62,000-a-year to operate trains despite heavily-delayed line not opening to passengers for 18 months The employees, who are working four days a week, are running tests in London It comes despite ‘intensive trial running’, like line when it is open, not until 2021 The news will stoke … Read more
Ministers fork out ANOTHER £825MILLION to stop London’s beleaguered Crossrail project – which is already running four YEARS late – from being ‘mothballed’ due to a lack of money Transport Secretary Grant Shapps confirmed a deal with Transport for London A loan of £825million will help complete the middle section of east-west route Will run … Read more
£19 billion Crossrail project ‘risks being mothballed’ without extra cash as London transport boss demands more funding this week to avoid ‘Doomsday scenario’ Transport for London boss Andy Byford has written to Department for Transport Line, from Berkshire to Essex via London, originally expected to open in 2018 Update said railway, called Elizabeth Line, not … Read more
Crossrail hits the buffers AGAIN: Bosses admit over-due and over-budget line won’t open until at least 2022… and they need another £1.1BILLION to finish it Railway from Berkshire to Essex via London was due to open in December 2018 But repeated delays have pushed it back and it could cost up to £1.1billion more Paddington – … Read more
London’s £18billion Crossrail will NOT open in summer 2021 – with coronavirus now blamed for latest set-back for rail line originally due in 2018 Railway was originally expected to open in December 2018 but faced delays Crossrail announced the opening of central section in 2021 ‘is not achievable’ No new date for when the railway … Read more