Crossrail: A flagship scheme goes badly wrong

By Caroline Pidgeon2020-09-01T05:00:00

There are still many lessons that need to be learnt from Crossrail, writes Caroline Pidgeon

On 21 August the latest announcement from Crossrail brought news that the central section of the project between Paddington and Abbey Wood would be further delayed until the “first half of 2022”, with trial running starting at the “earliest opportunity in 2021”.

As Crossrail’s first opening date was December 2018, the project is now 3.5 years behind schedule.

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