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Years late, London’s ‘game-changer’ subway line set to open

A driver in his cab on the new Elizabeth Line, as he enters the still closed Bond Street station the new rail route through central London from the commuter towns of Reading in the west and Shenfield in the East, during a media visit in London Wednesday, May 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant) A cleaner mops the floor at Liverpool Street Station on the new Elizabeth Line rail route through central London from the commuter towns of Reading in the west and Shenfield in the East, during a media visit in London Wednesday, May 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant) A cleaner uses the escalator to wipe the hand grip at Liverpool Street Station on the new Elizabeth Line rail route through central London from the commuter towns of Reading in the west and Shenfield in the East, during a media visit in London Wednesday, May 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant) Signs for the new Elizabeth Line entrance at Paddington for the new rail route through central London from the commuter towns of Reading in the west and Shenfield in the East, during a media visit in London Wednesday, May 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant) Cleaners work at Paddington station at the new Elizabeth Line entrance in preparation for the opening of the new rail route through central London from the commuter towns of Reading in the west and Shenfield in the East, during a media visit in London Wednesday, May 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant) Andy Byford, Commissioner of the new Elizabeth Line, speaks to reporters Paddington station about the new rail route through central London from the commuter towns of Reading in the west and Shenfield in the East, during a media visit in London Wednesday, May 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant) Signs for the new Elizabeth Line entrance at Paddington for the new rail route through central London from the commuter towns of Reading in the west and Shenfield in the East, during a media visit in London Wednesday, May 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant) One of the Elizabeth Line, Liverpool Street station walk ways for travellers on the new rail route through central London from the commuter towns of Reading in the west and Shenfield in the East, during a media visit in London Wednesday, May 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant) Signs for the new Elizabeth Line entrance at Paddington for the new rail route through central London from the commuter towns of Reading in the west and Shenfield in the East, during a media visit in London Wednesday, May 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant) Signs for the new Elizabeth Line entrance at Paddington for the new rail route through central London from the commuter towns of Reading in the west and Shenfield in the East, during a media visit in London Wednesday, May 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant) An Elizabeth Line train stops at Farringdon station during a training journey for the new rail route through central London from the commuter towns of Reading in the west and Shenfield in the East, during a media visit in London Wednesday, May 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant) An Elizabeth Line train shows signage of the route during a training journey for the new rail route through central London from the commuter towns of Reading in the west and Shenfield in the East, during a media visit in London Wednesday, May 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant) An Elizabeth Line train departs Paddington station during a training journey for the new rail route through central London from the commuter towns of Reading in the west and Shenfield in the East, during a media visit in London Wednesday, May 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)