I thought the problem with Crossrail wasn't that the track wouldn't be ready, it was that the stations wouldn't be ready? In that case, you could concentrate e

I thought the problem with Crossrail wasn't that the track wouldn't be ready, it was that the stations wouldn't be ready? In that case, you could concentrate effort on key stations and only add the remaining stations to the timetable when they are available. (I don't know the actual details so I may be missing something. All I know is that there are Barnett consequentials for Crossrail that hands money to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland but nothing for we English who don't live in the South East).