Crossrail plays a vital role in meeting London's current and future transport needs, helping to secure the future economic growth of the area. This event provides an opportunity to learn more about the Crossrail project and its aims. In this presentation, the speaker also covers: project developments - what you can see now; how Crossrail will operate, and why detailed and intensive operator involvement is crucial at this stage; passenger flow modelling; relationships with other operators; the relationship between systems and the operator; and latencies which need to be considered.