Thread: Crossrail could bankrupt London - says Ken Livingstone
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Old March 25th 08, 08:43 AM posted to uk.transport.london,misc.transport.urban-transit,uk.railway
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Default Crossrail could bankrupt London - says Ken Livingstone
On 25 Mar, 09:05, The Real Doctor wrote:
I thought about the cost of stations - then remembered that the
Jubilee *Line extension included four new underground stations,
interchanges with three existing underground stations (plus 2 new and
2 altered surface stations) and it /still/ only (sic) £3.5bn.

That's not just a bit less than Crossrail - that's one fifth of the
predicted Crossrail cost.

But Crossrail includes 8 underground stations, most with two entrances
(doubling many of the costs), the rebuilding of several miles of Great
Western Main Line including two grade-separated junctions (Heathrow
and Acton Yard), the electrification of 11 miles of GWML (requiring
the rebuilding of about ten bridges in Slough), rebuilding a of a fair
bit of GEML, rebuilding of ca. 30 stations (about half will be
completely demolished) and so on. It's a much larger project.

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