Report says Crossrail warnings were ‘watered down’
A new report from the London Assembly is accusing London transport commissioner Mike Brown of ‘watering down’ the information about potential Crossrail delays which was given to the Mayor, and questions whether he should keep his job. The report, ‘Derailed: getting Crossrail back on track’, analyses what went wrong, and why the launch of services between Paddington and Whitechapel under central London has been pushed back to a ‘mystery date’ which has yet to be announced. The chair of the Assembly's transport committee Caroline Pidgeon said the delay had been a ‘complete tragedy’.
Londoners will be ‘hugely disappointed’ by new Crossrail delaySources at Crossrail are warning that the new Elizabeth Line might not be open between Paddington and Liverpool Street until 2021, after fresh revelations about dynamic testing. It is now being claimed by one source that dynamic testing – running trains under power through the central section – is ‘proving more difficult than was first thought. It all depends on how dynamic testing goes between now and the end of this year: the last quarter of this year will be a critical period.’ Caroline Pidgeon, who chairs the London Assembly Transport Committee, said: ‘Londoners will be hugely disappointed and frustrated.’
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