On 14 Dec, 08:13, Mwmbwls wrote:

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Will the Lords be able to amend the bill so that Reading, Ebbsfleet
and possibly Stansted become the logical termini?


BBC London radio has a monthly (ish?) phone-in with Mayor Ken
Livingstone, and I listened to the last one in November. On it he said
what everyone else has already said about taking Crossrail on to
Reading - that there is a lot of work due to happen at Reading soon,
and that would offer a good opportunity to extend Crossrail on to
terminate there. Given the timescale of Crossrail, it would seem quite
possible that when it opens it will run through to Reading.

Regarding Ebbsfleet, the Mayor also said that he hoped the line could
be extended to terminate there as well (as per the original plan), and
that it was possible that by the time Crossrail opens work may have
got started to bring it to Ebbsfleet.

The Lords aren't going to try and do anything stupid that might
jeopardise the overall progress of the Bill - if they did, it would
just be reversed in the Commons and they would earn themselves a harsh
condemnation from many quarters.