It’s going to be difficult for the Government to back down and lose face.Originally Posted by Made in 1968
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Gary
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It’s going to be difficult for the Government to back down and lose face.
Hope I’m wrong!
Gary
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A mention on £88 Million is very scary.. Cut the losses & spend the rest on a netwoork upgrade & additional Rolling stock.. You would be able to hike the speed ability with the HST which was & i think still is the fastest Diesel loco. Im sure the company who now owns Paxman can rebuild/Service those engines..
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I thought it was £100 billion?
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Yeah it would definitely be more than 88 million. I think the Millennium Tent in London was about ten times that, and that was 20 years ago. In any case the money would be better spent doing up what we already have.
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We can only dream , about taking the bus and getting pissed , around here !!Buses & trains are free for me (60+ Oyster) so using public transport to head into London is a no brainer.
Cousin's down from Scotland for a few days & we have a boozy itinerary planned so I'll use the oyster card for local trains/buses (pub crawl round Brentwood tomorrow, starting at the Brewery Tap about midday if anyone's in the area)
Getting caught driving the number 39 isnt good
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I'm Lawrence.
Who started HS2? Hopefully the govt looks so different now they won't be losing much face.
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Well I believe it was “started” by Labour in January 2009, this Government has made a connection (sorry) between HS2 in their promises to link the North and South commercial requirements.
But I’m not continuing any political debate.
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Not a hope in hell that we'll ever have any train in this country as fast as this one - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanghai_maglev_train - in my lifetime that is. I've not been on it, though I've seen it, and I know people who've been on it and survived!
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250mph? More slowliness please.....
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I'm Lawrence.
Fortunately our planning and conservation laws are a little different from China's
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