London’s new train line delayed for nearly a year: CEO

Workers walk through a train tunnel during Crossrail construction at Farringdon Station in London on February 21, 2017.
Crossrail is building a new railway for London and the South East, running from Reading and Heathrow in the west, through 42km of new tunnels under London to Shenfield and Abbey Wood in the east. The new railway, which will be known as the Elizabeth line, is set to go into service in 2018 / AFP PHOTO

LONDON, United States (AFP) — London’s new train line, which was set to open through the city centre in December, has been put back for nearly a year, the Crossrail project announced Friday.

“We have made huge progress with the delivery of this incredible project but we need further time to complete the testing of the new railway,” Crossrail chief executive Simon Wright said in a statement.

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