On Jun 15, 8:57*pm, "tim...." wrote:
"Paul Scott" wrote in message

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"E27002" wrote in message
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On Jun 15, 11:10 am, "Paul Scott"
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...during his visit to Canary Wharf station site.

Hammond said: "The Government is committed to this project."
He added: "We have no plans to reduce its scope. We want this project to
be
delivered in its entirety," he said. But he added that the Government
wanted
to ensure that Crossrail was delivered "with maximum value for the
taxpayer".

Worth watching the whole of the BBC video included on the webpage, the
interviewer seems to cover most of the obvious questions ...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/10323035.stm

Thank you for posting. *This pronouncement has me completely confused
as to the likely scope of Crossrail.

Maidenhead and Heathrow to Shenfield and Abbeywood, as per the enabling
Act, I'd have thought. *Anywhere else, such as Reading, is just froth....

Extension to Reading will cost nothing once the station has been rebuilt and
GWR electrified


Except for the extra Crossrail rolling stock needed to run the extra
twelve(ish) miles in each direction.