I believe the whole general public will benefit from the Crossrail scheme. It will connect major epi-centres like the West End, the City, Liverpool Street, Heathrow and Paddington with the East End (London's future growth area) creating a true traversal east - west train line. London is one of the most difficult cities to traverse by public transport. Paris has it's RER system and puts us to shame! New York has it's Express train service that runs 24 hours. London deserves a true express train service that helps Londoners, commuters and tourists travel to, from and through London with ease.

Adrian Smith, New York, US

Our local station "Acton Main Line" was due for extensive redevelopment to accommodate Crossrail, it turns out that the land required for this has been sold off by Network Rail for housing development. Perhaps this indicates the level of confidence that this project will not go ahead.

Mark Aston, London, UK

The 'Crossrail Bill' is still in the UK House of Commons, is being promoted as a mantra, rather than as any solution to the transport needs in London. Its chief promoters have also confirmed that it is a project to link various Big Business locations and to serve their interests. Not a public transport scheme! At Second Reading [19 July 2005] the then Transport Secretary Alistair Darling [now UK Finance Minister] claimed that it was compatible with the [European Human Rights] Conventions. We have maintained that it is not. If it were so compatible then they would not have effectively banned the scrutiny of the contents and the alleged merits of the plan as contained in the CrossRail Bill. The ‘select committee’ set up apparently for scrutinising the Bill has been banned from allowing the fair and manifest examination of the plan. This list of bans shows that the Bill COULD NOT possibly be compatible with the Conventions nor could it have been intended by its promoters to be so compatible. Significant numbers of critics, objectors and opponents of the particular scheme have been denied the say by the MPs token select committee. Apart from the latest funding imbroglio, the present Crossrail scheme is ripe for extensive legal and constitutional challenges, a number of which we are determined to put forward to stop this Crossrail hole Bill being given the go ahead. The community in the East End of London through Khoodeelaar! campaign against the CrossRail hole Bill have been demanding the application of public resources to the addressing of transport needs, rather than to a sloganised scheme that has become a mantra of zealous lobbying that is miles off the rails of the subject – the transport needs of the people of [and in] London!

Muhammad Haque, London, UK

The ‘Crossrail Bill’ is still in the UK House of Commons, is being promoted as a mantra, rather than as any
solution to the transport needs in London. Its chief promoters have also confirmed that it is a project to link various
Big Business locations and to serve their interests. Not a public transport scheme! At Second Reading [19 July
2005] the then Transport Secretary Alistair daring [now UK Finance Minister] claimed that it was compatible with
the [European Human Rights] Conventions. We have maintained that it is not. If it were so compatible then they
would not have effectively banned the scrutiny of the contents and the alleged merits of the plan as contained in the
CrossRail Bill. The ‘select committee’ set up apparently for scrutinising the Bill has been banned from allowing the
fair and manifest examination of the plan.
This list of bans shows that the Bill COULD NOT possibly be compatible with the Conventions nor could it have
been intended by its promoters to be so compatible. Significant numbers of critics, objectors and opponents of the
particular scheme have been denied the say by the MPs token select committee. Apart from the latest funding
imbroglio, the present Crossrail scheme is ripe for extensive legal and constitutional challenges, a number of which
we are determined to put forward to stop this Crossrail hole Bill being given the go ahead.
The community in the East End of London through Khoodeelaar! campaign against the CrossRail hole Bill have
been demanding the application of public resources to the addressing of transport needs, rather than to a sloganised
scheme that has become a mantra of zealous lobbying that is miles off the rails of the subject – the transport needs
of the people of [and in] London!

Muhammad Haque, London, UK