Crossrail more optimistic than TfL and says line will now open in summer next year

By Jordan Marshall2020-01-10T10:48:00

Earlier this week TfL said line might not open until end of 2021

Crossrail has said it plans to open the central section of the £18bn railway in summer 2021 – up to six months earlier than Transport for London is planning for.

Earlier this week, outgoing TfL commissioner Mike Brown said his organisation was planning its finances on the assumption that trains would not start running on the section of the railway that connects Paddington and Abbey Wood until some time between October and December next year.

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