After Years of Delays London’s New Elizabeth Line Opens Just in Time for Jubilee

After Years of Delays London’s New Elizabeth Line Opens Just in Time for Jubilee
A passenger boards an Elizabeth Line train at Paddington station in London on May 24, 2022. PA Media
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Four years after it was originally due to open the Elizabeth Line—originally known as the Crossrail project—has finally opened for business and hundreds of passengers boarded the first trains.

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, and his predecessor, the now-Prime Minister Boris Johnson, welcomed the opening of the line, which they both claimed would generate £42 billion ($52 billion) towards the economy.

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