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January 10, 2020 | Metros

Crossrail on course for summer 2021 opening

CROSSRAIL Ltd has confirmed that the 21km central underground section of the Elizabeth Line between Paddington and Abbey Wood in central London will finally open in summer 2021 and the cost of the project will not exceed the additional funding agreed in December 2019.

December 16, 2019 | Commuter Rail

Crossrail makes progress as TfL takes over London - Reading services

TRANSPORT for London’s operating division TfL Rail has begun running stopping services between London Paddington and Reading, taking over from Great Western Rail (GWR) as part of the partial launch of the new Elizabeth Line.

December 13, 2019 | Financial

Transport for London publishes draft five-year Business Plan

TRANSPORT for London (TfL) has published its draft five-year Business Plan for the 2020-21 to 2024-25 period, which forecasts a decrease in operational costs and an operating surplus by 2022-23.

November 8, 2019 | Metros

Crossrail not due to open before 2021 as costs continue to increase

CROSSRAIL has revised the opening date of the heavily delayed Elizabeth Line, which it says will now not open before 2021, weeks after announcing an opening window between October 2020 and March 2021.

October 23, 2019 | Infrastructure

Crossrail identifies six-month “opening window” in new plan

CROSSRAIL published a new plan on October 21 to complete the outstanding works on the heavily delayed Elizabeth Line and says the core section through central London will open between October 2020 and March 2021.

October 14, 2019 | Metros

TfL launches Bakerloo extension consultation

TRANSPORT for London (TfL) has launched a third round of detailed consultation for a proposed extension of the London Underground’s Bakerloo Line to Lewisham, along with a further extension south to Hayes.

August 6, 2019 | Commuter Rail

Gospel Oak - Barking line services fully electric

SERVICES over London Overground’s Gospel Oak - Barking line are now exclusively operated by four-car class 710 Aventra EMUs after the legacy two-car DMUs were phased out. One month free travel will be offered between August 31 and October 1 as compensation for the late delivery of the new fleet.

July 10, 2019 | Europe

Gatwick Airport station to undergo £150m upgrade

BRITAIN’s Department for Transport (DfT) has announced a £150m upgrade of Gatwick Airport station, including doubling the size of the station concourse, widening two platforms and installing five new lifts and eight new escalators.

May 8, 2019 | Financial

Crossrail: behind schedule, over budget and under pressure

Londoners should have been travelling on the central section of the British capital’s new Elizabeth Line by now, but the £14.8bn Crossrail project is unlikely to open until 2021 and will cost even more than revised estimates. David Briginshaw reports on the project’s difficulties.

May 3, 2019 | Metros

Crossrail “past the point of no return” says National Audit Office

BRITAIN’s National Audit Office (NAO) has released a report from an investigation into London’s Crossrail east-west rail link, outlining why and how the project ran into difficulty and what Crossrail Ltd needs to do to manage the remaining risks.

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