Another setback for Crossrail as trial running delayed until summer

By Jordan Marshall2019-11-21T06:00:00

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Work was due to start on Valentine’s Day

Crossrail has admitted it is going to miss its planned start date for trial running by months – with the man in charge of the £18bn project saying it won't start until next summer.

Last month Jacobs – the firm monitoring the scheme for the government – said Crossrail was increasingly at risk of missing its target to start trial running trains through the key central section of the route next February.

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