crossrail

基本解釋

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.
前倫敦地鐵部長(zhǎng)吉姆奧圖曾辯論道，關(guān)注已存在的地鐵比規(guī)劃?rùn)M木的未來計(jì)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(jīng)過數(shù)十年的爭(zhēng)論，終于達(dá)成協(xié)議，建設(shè)一條連接?xùn)|西郊的快速地鐵（倫敦橫貫鐵路，Crossrail），但是項(xiàng)目動(dòng)工時(shí)間不會(huì)早于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.
而另一方面，Crossrail對(duì)于解決倫敦人口增長(zhǎng)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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