crossrail

基本解释

Tim O’Toole, an able former head of London Underground, used to argue that it made more sense to focus on the existing Tube trains than on future plans for Crossrail.
前伦敦地铁部长吉姆奥图曾辩论道，关注已存在的地铁比规划横木的未来计划更有意义。
After decades of wrangling, there is agreement at last on a fast underground Crossrail linking suburbs west and east, but this will not be open until 2017 at the earliest and the cost has spiralled.
经过数十年的争论，终于达成协议，建设一条连接东西郊的快速地铁（伦敦横贯铁路，Crossrail），但是项目动工时间不会早于2017年，而且工程成本也在不断增加。
Meanwhile Crossrail is essential in order to cope with London’s growing population.
而另一方面，Crossrail对于解决伦敦人口增长问题必不可少。

Crossrail, a scheme designed to improve London's rail system, traces its ancestry to 1974.
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