London Assembly moots December 2019 opening for Crossrail

By Jordan Marshall2018-11-15T07:02:00

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Railway bosses said in summer scheme would be delayed until next autumn

The London Assembly has suggested that Crossrail won’t actually open until even later than the line’s bosses said back in the summer when admitting the £15bn railway would bust its opening deadline.

The central section of the route, which will run from Paddington to Abbey Wood and will be known as the Elizabeth line, had been due to open this December but in August Crossrail confirmed that date has been pushed back to autumn 2019.

But a report from the assembly’s budget and performance committee said that if Transport for London, which is helping fund the scheme and will be responsible for running the line, “wants to coordinate with the National Rail timetable, it is likely that this means December 2019”.

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