Crossrail could cost £400m more, admits rail chair

摘要

The chair of Crossrail has admitted the scheme could be another six months late and need a further £400m to complete it. Tony Meggs told the latest board meeting of Transport for London (TfL), which is helping bankroll the job, that Crossrail's own scenario modelling "seems to support the possibility of a four- to six month-delay and a £300m to £400m overrun". The railway had been due to open last December and was supposed to have an original budget of £14.8bn. But the scheme will not now be open until some time between October 2020 and the following March, with costs ballooning to £17.8bn.