Crossrail

  • Elizabeth line: Delayed £18bn Crossrail  opens to passengers

    Elizabeth line: Delayed £18bn Crossrail opens to passengers

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    Around 130,000 people travelled on London’s £18.9 billion Elizabeth line railway in the first few hours of operation on Tuesday morning.

  • Crossrail to run empty trains for weeks to ensure ‘flawless’ service

    Crossrail to run empty trains for weeks to ensure ‘flawless’ service

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    Crossrail will operate empty trains for several weeks to ensure the service is “absolutely flawless” when it opens, the boss of Transport for London (TfL) said.

  • UK railway news roundup

    UK railway news roundup

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    This week’s roundup of news from the UK railway industry.

  • Report warns ‘forensic focus’ needed to deliver Crossrail

    Report warns ‘forensic focus’ needed to deliver Crossrail

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    A “forensic focus” is required to complete Crossrail within its revised budget and timescale, an inquiry has found.

  • Crossrail governance handed over to Transport for London

    Crossrail governance handed over to Transport for London

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    The Elizabeth line has reached its complex final stages with Crossrail Ltd working to complete the remaining infrastructure so it can fully test the railway and successfully transition the project as an operational railway to Transport for London (TfL).

  • No Greater Anglia ‘Aventras’ before 2020

    No Greater Anglia ‘Aventras’ before 2020

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    By Ben Jones GREATER Anglia (GA) has confirmed it will not be able to introduce its Class 720 ‘Aventra’ EMUs before the end of 2019.  Production and testing of the new trains is running significantly behind schedule after Bombardier experienced delays with the introduction of Crossrail Class 345s and London Overground Class 710s.  However, the…

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