Building the Elizabeth line – in photos

This time next week, people will be commuting to work on the Elizabeth line for the first time, but what did it take to get the railway built?
I’ve had a remarkable 14 years reporting on the construction of the new railway, from early public meetings to the first holes in the ground, and now the finished product. There have been lots of good times, and in 2018, a very bad day when the first of a series of delays was announced.
Going on to the building sites meant busy people having to give