Howard Smith to be responsible for maintenance on 拢15bn London railway
Crossrail has announced that former Transport for London boss Howard Smith is to become its new operations director.
Smith is currently chief operating officer for rail at TfL and has led projects including the 拢1bn East London Line extension project.
He will now be responsible for areas including Crossrail鈥檚 maintenance scheme.
Andrew Wolstenholme, Crossrail chief executive said: 鈥淗oward Smith has significant and diverse railway experience having overseen the creation of London Overground and worked on DLR, national rail, London Underground and the successful 2012 Games.
鈥淗is knowledge of railway operations and the delivery of high-quality rail services in London and the southeast is unrivalled.鈥�
Smith, who will join Crossrail on March 25, will report jointly to Wolstenholme and London Underground and Rail managing director Mike Brown.
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