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My understanding is that Maryland was initially not going to be served by Crossrail primarily because of how difficult it would be to extend the platforms – they are boxed in by the bridges carrying The Grove on the West and Water Lane on the East. But it's understandable that there was pressure...

I haven't noticed any new units (and I didn't get the impression there were going to be any more 7-car unites anyway) – but they seem to be running pretty regular consistent diagrams now. So I guess if you're on the same services regularly, then you'll mostly end up on the same stock! Honestly...

Super interesting, thanks! Does sound like it makes sense. I'm a software engineer by trade (but in a rather different field), so it's always fascinating to see what problems arise in other sectors' software implementations. Sometimes I think that's there's just not enough cross-collaboration...

It would be interesting to know exactly what the problems are. “software” is quite nebulous!

Scotland can’t build trains locally because of the EU. Other EU countries manage to build trains locally. Which one is it?

I'm sure you appreciate that it's impossible for both of those statements to be true.

From the article: It doesn't seem like delays to Whitechapel or Bond Street are really the primary cause of the delays. If anything, the impression I get from this article (which lines up with what we saw before) is that testing — delayed in part due to the Pudding Mill Lane fudge-up — is the...

Ah, so in other words you're pulling the information entirely from your own bottom. It's always possible that opening will be delayed further. Nothing substantive appears to have (publicly) happened since the delay was announced that suggests the planned opening date will slip further. You...

Not very convincing. It might be 2020 by the time we see full service on all branches, depending on what happens with the core. It seems unlikely that a delay of nine months would be announced if there was a serious chance of breaching a second deadline.

And your source for this is…?

It seems like SDO obviates some of the platform length issues too. Maryland station is already going to be limited to 7 or 8 cars, right?

Well, that's kind of the point – there'd be a lot less "listening to guesswork" if we did have a good source for finding out what was going on!

While it's definitely frustrating for those of us that need to use the GOBLIN, some of the reactions seem a bit disproportionate. Ultimately, things do go wrong and schedules slip, and the focus should generally be on trying to solve those issues quickly and with a minimum fuss. That said, it...

It's probably to be expected that works will be reprioritised in light of the change of delivery date; to some extent, works in some locations can probably be pushed back now that there's a bit of breathing room. I'm still unclear on what the actual timetable for delivery now is, beyond...

Some video of it in action on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/cmpd_date/status/1047295682221101057?s=21

Indeed. I'd really prefer it if events like this were met with an attitude of "okay, let's understand what happened and why, so that similar issues can be avoided in the future." All this fire-and-brimstone "sack the lot of them" nonsense just results in a culture of blame-shifting and cover-ups.

Is the reason "incompetence" though?

Neither of those are true. There is a good business case for the project, and it would be difficult to realistically call that money 'wasted' in any sense. There are obviously a huge number of contracts in place and many of those will have conditions tied to on-time completion. Good. There...

Ultimately it's probably for the best. Somewhat miffed I have to wait a few extra months, but given the scope and scale of the project it's hardly a devastating delay. Is there any indication of the factors that ended up pushing this decision? I get the impression from the PR that it's mostly...

What's the practical difference – more transverse seating?