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.
Read moreCrossrail to run empty trains for weeks to ensure ‘flawless’ service
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UK railway news roundup
This week’s roundup of news from the UK railway industry.
Read moreReport warns ‘forensic focus’ needed to deliver Crossrail
A “forensic focus” is required to complete Crossrail within its revised budget and timescale, an inquiry has found.
Read moreCrossrail governance handed over to Transport for London
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).
Read moreNo Greater Anglia ‘Aventras’ before 2020
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
Read moreCrossrail to miss December opening date
LONDON’S £16bn Crossrail project to build a railway under central London will now not open until the Autumn of 2019. It could be even delayed further. The ambitious project that will connect Reading, Maidenhead and
Read moreFirst Crossrail train on test
THE first of a fleet of 66 trains that are being built in the East Midlands for the new £16billion Crossrail line is undergoing testing. Based on the Aventra platform, Class 345 EMU No. 345001
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