London Crossrail opening date slips again, costs shoot up

LONDON --- The planned opening of London's new east-west railway, Crossrail, was delayed again Friday as costs increased by up to 650 million pounds ($832 million). The 73-mile (118-kilometer) line, which will be formally known as the Elizabeth Line --- after Queen Elizabeth II --- is Britain's biggest infrastructure project in decades. But amid program risks and uncertainties, the total price tag could now hit 18.25 billion pounds ($23.4 billion), way ahead of the original budget of 15.9 billion pounds in 2007. The services will begin as "soon as is practically possible in 2021," Crossrail CEO Mark Wild said. "We are doing everything we can to complete the Elizabeth Lin...

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