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According to wikipedia, at least, it's 4bn [1] But you're correct, for a (UK) infrastructure project that's actually pretty good especially considering it has
by DrBazza 5y ago
According to wikipedia, at least, it's 4bn [1] But you're correct, for a (UK) infrastructure project that's actually pretty good especially considering it has to go underground through a city that has medieval and Roman ruins littered all over the place [2]
> The total estimated cost has risen from an initial budget of £14.8 billion to £18.7 billion, as of August 2020.[7]
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossrail https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossrail
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/aug/21/crossrail-delayed-again-until-2022-and-another-450m-over-budget-tfl-covid-19 https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/aug/21/crossrail-de...
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Mithraeum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Mithraeum
- londons_explore 5y agoIt isn't done yet... To really see how far the budget miss is, you have to wait for the thing to be finished and all costs accounted for, while also seeing how much the project has been scaled back (for example travel time goals not met because the trains are poorer performance than initially specced)
- tialaramex 5y agoClass 345s were all manufactured and are already in service today. Is their performance in fact "poorer than initially specified" ?
- londons_explore 5y agoI guess you'll see next year when the timetable is released
- tialaramex 5y agoThe trains exist now, either they do, or they do not, perform as intended. Trial running is at 12tph now, so that's the same as the initial passenger service. If they can't hit the travel time numbers they already know that today. Trial operations will also give real (volunteer) passengers an impression of whether the service can deliver those times since they'll be undertaking test journeys late in 2021.