The station will open to bus passengers next month but train disruption will continue for longer.
He explained the rail facilities "have to be approved by the safety authority" but he added that he hoped to be able to announce a rail launch date "soon".Mr Conway said Grand Central was a "complex station to open" and there was "a lot of training required" so that staff can ensure public safety from the start.
"We've laid over 6km of new track. We've implemented a brand new digital signalling system and a new contactless system with automatic gates and barriers.""But most importantly we have a safety authorisation process to go through and the safety authority have to have their say on that," he added. "That's an exceptional achievement by the teams, given the extraordinary inflation that we've seen since then."
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