Crossrail work to continue after £825m government loan

TfL says finance will allow line to open in 2022 amid row over London funding in Covid crisisWork to complete Crossrail will continue after a last-minute £825m loan to London from the government kept the delayed rail line from a “disastrous” mothballing.Transport for London said the new financing would allow work to carry on “at pace” to open the new railway in 2022 – but the political row simmered on between the mayor and ministers over whether the capital was being unfairly treated in the coronavirus pandemic.

Crossrail work to continue after £825m government loan
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