UK Shelves London’s Crossrail 2 to Free up Funds for Regional Cities

Crossrail engineers inspect the completed track as the Crossrail project celebrates the completion of the Elizabeth Line track, in London, on Sept. 14, 2017. John Phillips/Getty Images

The British government announced on Thursday that it had stopped developing Crossrail 2, a major underground rail development that had been proposed for London.

The rail project, which was planned to run from northeast to southwest London, was estimated to cost £41 billion ($56 billion) and was scheduled to open in the 2030s.