There have been various threads covering Crossrail over the last few years, but I've failed to unearth an overall discussion or news topic.
So I've started one.
Crossrail have released dozens of videos showing progress on the project.
Some are not much more than a couple of minutes of PR fluff, but most do contain some useful and informative insights into the work being carried out and some of the innovative solutions being employed to deal with the challenges faced.
Almost all of them
Simon, not 100% correct I think.
Certainly you are correct that as a new railway, Cross rail must comply with the interoperability directive and the TSI's that go with it. In the case of command and control (ie signalling) that means ETCS. Compliance with any of the versions is enough to satisfy the regulations. A derogation is required only if you are not compliant in whole or part with the TSI.
The ETCS level that you choose is dictated by the operating requirements. M