If TfL couldn't make Crossrail run on time, what hope for the HS2 project? | Phillip Inman

Transport for London’s reputation has been badly damaged by the project’s delays and budget overrunsTransport for London is in a fix. On the one hand it is the most lavishly funded transport organisation in the country. On the other, it is stretched to breaking point operating probably the most extensive and sophisticated network of trains and buses in Europe.Crossrail, the £15bn-plus joint venture with the Department for Transport to build a new rail line across the capital, i