Crossrail goes over budget

Crossrail Update

Heading east: loco No 37601 passes Wandsworth Road on 1 August 2018, hauling Elizabeth Line unit No 345017 to Plumstead. Jamie Squibbs

It’s official: Crossrail is over budget. For so long a paragon amid the soaring costs of other rail schemes, delivering the Elizabeth Line with the agreed funding has proved elusive.

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