Crossrail’s 5-week blockade to catch up with lockdown backlog

Crossrail has confirmed that it plans to pause all train testing in the tunnels during August to allow the construction teams to catch up with the backlog caused by the Covid lockdown.
During the lockdown, a lot of validation work was completed and paperwork submitted for regulatory approval, but most of the finishing works in the stations and access shafts had to be put on hold.
However, the lockdown gave the teams working on site to spend some time planning a way to reduce the delays caused by