THIS IS THE SCALE OF THE SCANDAL and, another nail in our (homo sapiens) coffin:
£7 m/Km for the rebuilt, 50 Km Borders Railway in Sept 2015 - public money
£21 m/Km for the 43 Kms M6 Toll in Dec 2003 - all private money
£75 m/Km for the Broad St Metro extension in 2021: now worse for bussing in
£133 m/Km for the Brum Eastside Metro extension in 2023- public money
over £200 m/Km for HS2 - all public money
HALF A BILLION (for trams) TO BREAK UP the UK's last mainline railway, half-finished, virtually ready built but only half used, 120 Kms Worcester, Black Country, Derby railway.
A further 50 Kms in the W Mids, alone, are still waiting for their passenger trains to be returned.
Thanks for writing, Owen. Good points. I do have a life to live and I have been suggesting that the railway industry should finish electrification throughout all my long life. However, I'm such a successful failure that, instead, they have completely misunderstood and, run homes, shops, offices and roads down them!
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