London landlord Great Portland Estates to invest £900m in flexible office space yahoo.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from yahoo.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Schedule pressures and cost increases at four of Crossrail’s Central London stations threatens to jeopardise the project’s programme, according to project representative (Prep) Jacobs.
In the latest publicly available report on the project’s progress (Prep 12), Jacobs warns that outstanding work at Bond Street, Whitechapel, Paddington and Canary Wharf threatens to delay Crossrail’s programme to get the Elizabeth Line open during the first half of 2022.
In particular, Jacobs warns that “effective mitigations” will be required at the four stations to avoid a delay in entering trial operations, which involves tests and trials to demonstrate that TfL is capable of operating the railway.
Crossrail is a step closer to opening after beginning safety trials. The £19bn London rail link, also know as the Elizabeth line, has been plagued by delays and is expected to open four years behind schedule. The service will run from Reading and Heathrow in the west, through 26 miles of new tunnels under London to Shenfield and Abbey Wood in the east. When it opens, the Elizabeth line will cut the journey time from Heathrow to central London.
Crossrail - PA London s £19bn Crossrail project has begun running test trains through the centre of the capital as plans ramp up ahead of next year s opening.. The new Elizabeth Line is now operating four trains an hour as part of safety testing, a crucial milestone in the bumpy and drawn-out story of the project, stretching from Reading and Heathrow to Abbey Wood in south east London. The Trial Running programme is underway, with integrated test trains aiming to demonstrate that the Elizabeth Line is safe and reliable, and will meet the capacity and performance requirements needed to move into the final stage.
Crossrail - PA London s £19bn Crossrail project has begun running test trains through the centre of the capital as plans ramp up ahead of next year s opening.. The new Elizabeth Line is now operating four trains an hour as part of safety testing, a crucial milestone in the bumpy and drawn-out story of the project, stretching from Reading and Heathrow to Abbey Wood in south east London. The Trial Running programme is underway, with integrated test trains aiming to demonstrate that the Elizabeth Line is safe and reliable, and will meet the capacity and performance requirements needed to move into the final stage.