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UK: Crossrail trains to be fully funded by taxpayers

Posted: 01 Mar 2013, 14:48
by John Ashworth
No private finance for Crossrail train fleet

Plans for private finance to meet the majority of the estimated £1bn cost of procuring around 600 electric multiple-unit cars and associated maintenance facilities for Crossrail have been dropped...

Crossrail trains to be fully funded by taxpayers

Coalition abandons plan to secure private finance to help fund £1bn bill for lack of assurances trains would be built on time...

Funding for Crossrail trains to come from the taxpayer