Spokesman for £15bn project says it will miss its planned December opening date

The opening of the £15bn Crossrail line across London will be delayed by up to a year, it has been announced, after months of rumours that the engineering scheme was facing increasing difficulties.

The train line, which has been decades in the planning and will link west and east London with faster, high-capacity services, was due to open in December. But Crossrail executives admitted it would not be ready for its planned official opening as the Elizabeth line by the Queen, after a series of problems and delays.

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