Blackfriars station hit by four-month delay

摘要

The completion of Blackfriars station, one of the main projects on the upgrade of the Thameslink rail line, has been put back four months until spring 2012. The cost of the scheme is thought to have risen ￡100m.rnNetwork Rail is now under pressure to finish the station in time for London's Olympic Games, which will begin at the end of July 2012.rnA source at Balfour Beatty, the main contractor on the job, admitted that there had been issues with the design work.