Crossrail renews construction push following trial running delay

By Tom Lowe2021-05-21T05:00:00

Crossrail - Bond Street station - Feb 2020 (2)

Source: Crossrail Ltd

Testing of trains along the route started last week, six weeks after originally scheduled

Crossrail will renew its construction push next month to “catch up” on work paused during a delay in trial running of trains along the route.

The railway’s chief executive Mark Wild said in an Elizabeth Line committee meeting yesterday that the pause, termed “blockade“ by Crossrail, will help the project speed up work that had been delayed.

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