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.

经过数十年的争论，终于达成协议，建设一条连接东西郊的快速地铁（伦敦横贯铁路，Crossrail），但是项目动工时间不会早于2017年，而且工程成本也在不断增加。

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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.

经过数十年的争论，终于达成协议，建设一条连接东西郊的快速地铁（伦敦横贯铁路，Crossrail），但是项目动工时间不会早于2017年，而且工程成本也在不断增加。

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