Plan to open Crossrail by end of last year was a ‘fantasy’, admits scheme’s boss

By Jordan Marshall2019-07-25T05:00:00

New management team are 'realists', says Mark Wild

The plan by the previous Crossrail leadership to have the railway up and running by the end of last year was a "fantasy", according to the scheme's current boss.

Speaking at a meeting yesterday (Wednesday) of the board of Transport for London, which is helping bankroll the job, Crossrail chief executive Mark Wild said the project's new leaders were more rooted in realism than the previous regime.

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