Fury over Crossrail artwork’s Newham Murder jibe

A huge regeneration is taking place in Silvertown, which is a largely forgotten part of the West Ham area of Newham and an industrial wasteland which has fallen into dereliction. The ambitious plans for the 62-acre site centre around the restoration of the 1930s Millennium Mills, once home to food manufacturer Rank Hovis MacDougall. The … Read more

Crossrail is already paying 140 drivers up to £62,000-a-year

Crossrail is already paying 140 drivers up to £62,000-a-year to operate trains despite heavily-delayed line not opening to passengers for 18 months The employees, who are working four days a week, are running tests in London It comes despite ‘intensive trial running’, like line when it is open, not until 2021 The news will stoke … Read more

£19 billion Crossrail project ‘risks being mothballed’ without extra cash

£19 billion Crossrail project ‘risks being mothballed’ without extra cash as London transport boss demands more funding this week to avoid ‘Doomsday scenario’ Transport for London boss Andy Byford has written to Department for Transport  Line, from Berkshire to Essex via London, originally expected to open in 2018 Update said railway, called Elizabeth Line, not … Read more

London’s Crossrail will NOT open in summer 2021

London’s £18billion Crossrail will NOT open in summer 2021 – with coronavirus now blamed for latest set-back for rail line originally due in 2018 Railway was originally expected to open in December 2018 but faced delays  Crossrail announced the opening of central section in 2021 ‘is not achievable’ No new date for when the railway … Read more