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.
前倫敦地鉄部長吉姆奧圖曾辯論道，關注已存在的地鉄比槼劃橫木的未來計劃更有意義。
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.
經過數十年的爭論，終於達成協議，建設一條連接東西郊的快速地鉄（倫敦橫貫鉄路，Crossrail），但是項目動工時間不會早於2017年，而且工程成本也在不斷增加。
Meanwhile Crossrail is essential in order to cope with London’s growing population.
而另一方麪，Crossrail對於解決倫敦人口增長問題必不可少。

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