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Howard Irving Smith was an American character actor with a 50-year career in vaudeville, theatre, radio, films and television. In 1938 he performed in Orson Welles's short-lived stage production and once-lost film, Too Much Johnson, and in the celebrated radio production, "The War of the Worlds".

Elizabeth line: Central section sees one million journeys in five days

May 30,2022 10:00 am

More Than A Million journeys have been made on the central section of the Elizabeth Line in its first Five Days .

Since opening on Tuesday, More Than two million trips have been made across the whole Line , which links Reading and Heathrow to Shenfield and Abbey Wood , Transport for London (TfL) said.

There is currently no Sunday service on the £18. 9bn Line and trains are Not Yet stopping at Bond Street.

London's mayor Sadiq Khan described it as a " roaring success".

The Project is at least £4bn over budget and opened nearly three-and-a-half years late.

The Elizabeth Line is initially operating in three separate sections - Between Abbey Wood and Paddington, Liverpool Street and Shenfield, and Paddington to Heathrow and Reading.

Last Tuesday, at Paddington Station and Abbey Wood , in south-east London, to board The First passenger services.

The Railway , which links Reading to The West with Essex in The East , via Central London , slashes journey times for many Londoners.

TfLElizabeth Line - in Numbers :

£19bn total costEurope's largest construction project

42 km of new tunnels

10,000workers

13 years of construction

10new stations in London

Source: TfL

Mr Khan said he was " Blown Away by this fantastic new Line " that was " fit for a Queen" and he was " proud to see the roaring success".

Howard Smith , TfL's director of the Elizabeth Line , said The Service had received " a great reception" with hundreds of thousands of customers flocking to it each day.

He Said : " It is already having a transformative impact on local businesses and opening up access to new areas of London. "

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Source of news: bbc.com

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