In message , at 22:08:32 on Wed, 3 Apr 2019,
Recliner remarked:

It's obviously extraordinary that the widespread delays to the stations,
train signalling and testing weren't noticed (or at least reported) by the
management until so close to the planned opening date. Was it a deliberate
cover-up, or just incompetence at the senior management and political
levels (or both)?

Many of the above I suspect. It seems to have resulted in Sir Terry
Morgan losing his new job at HS2 as well as the old one at Crossrail.
--
Roland Perry