Crossrail opening date pledge

The central section of the Elizabeth Line is on schedule to open between October 2020 and March 2021, it was confirmed last week. The announcement came in the first of a new series of progress updates from Crossrail.

The company said it was making “good progress” with many central section stations having reached an advanced state of completion and final fit-out, testing and commissioning work under way.

But chief executive Mark Wild warned Crossrail remained “a hugely complex project” and risks remain across the programme with significant integration and testing to complete.

“Crossrail is now in its critical and most challenging final phase due to the significant integration and testing work that remains to be completed (but) we are fully focused on completing the Elizabeth Line,” he added.

The company update said the plan to complete the railway had progressed into a detailed Delivery Control Schedule with 120 key programme milestones, each of which had to be delivered successfully for the programme to reach the Trial Operations phase.

Progress so far included 15 new Class 345 trains in operation with TfL Rail on the eastern and western parts of the route to build reliability and the first full-length train in passenger service from Hayes & Harlington to Paddington.

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