Nicholas Lewis
Established Member
Mark Wild was at the TfL transport committee yesterday and says trial running is projected to commence in the Jul-Sept window in 2020 and is expected to need 9-12 months to complete so that's potentially further delay to central section passenger service and knock on to later stages potentially.
https://www.london.gov.uk/transport-committee-2019-12-17
Watching him i'd say hes being cautionary and explaining why but also he does dangle the potential to being able accelerate this time if the software testing goes well in the new year so maybe by Easter 2020 we will have a clearer view.
It still remains pretty clear that the previous Crossrail executive team massively misinformed TfL and the the independent project assessor also failed to provide adequate oversight yet neither have taken any financial penalties.
https://www.london.gov.uk/transport-committee-2019-12-17
Watching him i'd say hes being cautionary and explaining why but also he does dangle the potential to being able accelerate this time if the software testing goes well in the new year so maybe by Easter 2020 we will have a clearer view.
It still remains pretty clear that the previous Crossrail executive team massively misinformed TfL and the the independent project assessor also failed to provide adequate oversight yet neither have taken any financial penalties.