Schedule pressures and cost increases at four of Crossrail’s Central London stations threatens to jeopardise the project’s programme, according to project representative (Prep) Jacobs. In the latest publicly available report on the project’s progress (Prep 12), Jacobs warns that outstanding work at Bond Street, Whitechapel, Paddington and Canary Wharf threatens to delay Crossrail’s programme to get the Elizabeth Line open during the first half of 2022. In particular, Jacobs warns that “effective mitigations” will be required at the four stations to avoid a delay in entering trial operations, which involves tests and trials to demonstrate that TfL is capable of operating the railway.