Problems that held up Crossrail’s Canary Wharf station revealed

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Scheme became centre of dispute between railway and developer

Work to fix the electrical work carried out at the Canary Wharf Crossrail station was one of the reasons why the scheme was only completed last month, the railway’s boss has said.

Practical completion was originally reached more than six years ago in September 2015 but the job became the centre of a dispute between the railway and the developer after Crossrail chief executive Mark Wild said work on the station was not up to scratch.

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