Crossrail team had no idea it would miss station handover just hours before deadline

By Jordan Marshall2019-12-16T06:00:00

Custom House completion eventually slipped by a month

The team in charge of completing Custom House station had no idea it was going to miss its handover deadline just hours before it was scheduled to happen, a report has discovered.

The east London station (pictured) was scheduled to be the first to be handed over where Crossrail Ltd was the client.

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