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THE central section of the Elizabeth Line took a long time to open, the first train being effectively 3½ years late, but patience has been rewarded with nine-car 6030hp 318.4-tonne (tare) trains every five minutes, with metronomic regularity.

Thanks to Automatic Train Operation and Communications Based Train Control, a form of European Train Control System, running times between

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