public transport use is still down after the pandemic. passenger forecasts have been reduced for the loan s first few years but we are told it is designed to add capacity for the future. the future. this railway isn t built for today the future. this railway isn t built for today or the future. this railway isn t built for today or tomorrow, the future. this railway isn t i built for today or tomorrow, it is not for the next 150 years. there were celebrations in london this morning with claims this line will add millions to the country s economy. passengers on other routes are asking when they will see the same sort of improved service. ijust want i just want to remind you ijust want to remind you if you go to our website you get the very latest developments on the very latest developments on the shootings in uvalde in texas. in fact we can bring you the latest line because the aduu the latest line because the adult has also now been named, she was eva morales, the only teacher we
again in my lifetime. the journey time between - canary wharf and whitechapel blew my mind. 0ne station isn t finished and trains won t run end to end for another year. still, it s seen as a major engineering achievement at least for the south east. crossrail, the elizabeth line, is a really important thing for us to be very proud of. but don t believe that it s gone down beautifully well in leeds and liverpool and manchester, where they want to share the investment cake. public transport use is still down after the pandemic. passenger forecasts have been reduced for the line s first few years, but we re told it s designed to add capacity for the future. this railway isn t built for today or tomorrow. it s built for the next 100, 250 years. and we re very confident that this is a catalyst now for the post pandemic recoverx there were celebrations in london this morning, with claims this line will add millions to the country s economy. but passengers on other routes are asking when
line have been scaled back by transport for london insists it is still needed. this railway isn t built for today or tomorrow, it s built for the next 100 to 150 years and we are very confident that this is a catalyst now for the post pandemic recovery. you can see the reaction of customers today, they have been absolutely wowed by the railway and we think this will drive customers back onto the railway. there was a celebratory atmosphere as the new railway arrived with a promise to transform railway travel across london. it is unclear when something like this might get built again. katie austin, bbc news. time for the weather, here is chris. it has been a day for spotting storms, we have seen lots of those across south eastern england. this typifies the massive thundercloud going across the skies of west london. there have been reports of hail and even a funnel cloud, a tornado that doesn t make it all the way to the ground. these storms have been entirely exclusively across