Crossrail Act 2008
The Crossrail Act 2008 c. 18 is legislation in the United Kingdom that authorises the construction of the Crossrail railway from Maidenhead to Shenfield and Abbey Wood. The legislation was introduced by Douglas Alexander and received Royal Assent on 22 July.[1] The Crossrail bill had previously been introduced and had failed to pass the House of Commons on three separate other occasions.[2] This is perhaps because it was as a Hybrid Bill, which has the characteristics of both public and private bills and is subject scrutiny in the same way as both a public and private bill. The last such Hybrid Bill introduced was the Channel Tunnel Rail Link Act 1996.