面对伦敦人的苦苦等待,伦敦交通局在最新声明中表示,伊丽莎白线正在以最快速度建设,并争取于2021年通车。 伦敦交通局的原话是:The Elizabeth line will open as soon as practically possible in 2021.
负责伊丽莎白线建设的团队表示,为了完工这条旷日持久的地铁线,我们已经制定了最新计划,这个新计划非常具有实践性。 A new plan to complete the outstanding works and bring the Elizabeth line into passenger service at the earliest possible date has been developed by the new Crossrail leadership team. This provides Londoners witha realistic and achievable plan to complete the Elizabeth line.
根据计划,伦敦交通局将于2019年底完成各车站的装配和测试工作,2020年一月,各隧道的装配和测试也将正式完工。 By the end of the year, final fit-out and testing and commissioning is due to be completed at manystations. We are on track to complete fit-out and testing of thetunnelsbyJanuary 2020.
在各个车站和隧道全部完工后,伦敦交通局会拿出2020年一整年,去试运行这条地铁线,以保证整条线路在开放给公众时能够做到万无一失,并保证100%的安全。 During 2020 we will undertake testing of the completed railway including an extensive period of trial running and trial operations to buildabsolute confidence in the safety and reliabilityof the whole system before opening to the public.
伊丽莎白线是伦敦近几年来建造规模最大的新地铁线,长达42公里,横贯东西伦敦,因此又被翻译成横贯城铁。