Transport for London confirms fresh delays to Crossrail opening
The opening of London's Crossrail project has been delayed once again as the completion date was pushed back another six months to late 2021.
Transport for London confirmed today that the central London section would not open until Autumn 2021 at the earliest, meaning the whole project will be three years behind schedule.
The project, Europe's biggest ongoing infrastructure scheme, has been cursed with delays and is now estimated to cost more than £18billion.
TfL commissioner Mike Brown told the London Assembly today that more time was needed to test trains before the scheme, to be called the Elizabeth line, could open.
Once up and running, the line will run from Reading and Heathrow in the west to Shenfield and Abbey Wood in the east.
Stage 4 of the scheme, in w...