Robin9 wrote:

I watched this yesterday. Mr. Wild gave the impression that there
has been a slight set-back but nothing serious and consistent
progress was being made. No mention of the need for still more
money He now says that in early 2022 the line will be opened,
and possibly sooner. We'll see.



It's clear that he's shooting for public services (Abbey Wood to Padd low
level) in the core tunnels before the end of 2021. But through services
probably won't start till at least the second half of 2022.

Something else I read: they'll need to do the platform extension work at
Liverpool St while all TfL Rail services are still using the high level
platforms. That wasn't the original plan, and might cause problems for the
Shenfield services.