The Crossrail line through London has been handed a bailout worth up to £2.2bn amid warnings that the rail scheme could be delayed for two years.
Trains were due to start running on the east-west line through the capital this month but the project has been plunged into crisis because of problems with signalling systems.
The opening of Europe’s biggest construction scheme has already been pushed back by almost a year until autumn 2019 and today it was announced that it was almost certain to face a further delay, pushing it well into 2020.
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