TfL boss accused of hiding Crossrail problems from London mayor

By Jordan Marshall2019-03-18T06:00:00

Crossrail’s chief operation’s director says he was told to keep quiet about difficulties over testing

Transport for London has again been accused of hiding problems on Crossrail from London mayor Sadiq Khan.

Fronting the London Assembly last week, Crossrail chief operations director Howard Smith (pictured) admitted he had wanted to alert Khan that there was "insufficient testing time" but said that references had been removed from a weekly update.

Labour Assembly member Tom Copley read out an email dated 19 June last year, in which Smith objected to alterations made to a progress report, saying they should be undone unless they were made by the TfL commissioner Mike Brown.

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