Former Crossrail boss points finger at supply chain for delays

By Jordan Marshall and Dave Rogers2019-05-16T05:00:00

Andrew Wolstenholme tells MPs project was given timescales that were “materially inaccurate and wrong”

The man who led the Crossrail project for almost eight years has told MPs that when he left last March the scheme was on track to open on time – and didn’t because contractors were giving project bosses wrong information about when they would complete their work.

Andrew Wolstenholme has come under increasing fire in recent weeks for his role in the debacle with the former chair of the London Assembly’s transport committee, Caroline Pidgeon, complaining that “former chief executives who are supposed to be world experts leading on the project…I think they need to take more responsibility”.

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