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TheLeaderPodcast Host _MarkBlunden takes you on the first ElizabethLine ride!😍🚆🎈🎉 Featuring London Mayor SadiqKhan, TfL Chief Andy Byford, ES City Hall Editor RossLydall and passengers. 🎧Listen here:

It was a huge day for improving the ease of travelling through London as the first passenger section of the Elizabeth Line, AKA Crossrail, opened for business. While it wasn’t all plain railing - a fire alert sparked the evacuation of Paddington station - there were plenty of enthusiasts from London and beyond eager to try out the £20 billion purple line.

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