Since February 2020, W Mids Combined Authority has been working on a £15 BILLION to 2040 scheme for mainly Metro "bus on rails" trams, underground and overground, replacing buses and trains when it is electric buses without rails that are needed with Fare-Free Public Transport for all age groups, as reward/compensation for a slightly greater risk of Covid in doing the right thing in using bus, train, tram.
Now, underground tram lines - what a thrill to spill yet more greenhouse gases!"As part of his re-election campaign, West Midlands Mayor Andy Street has unveiled his ambitious £15bn transport plan for the region. ... At 150 miles long, the ambitious transport network expansion would feature eight new Metro lines, 380 new stops and 21 new rail stations.5 Feb 2020"FROM:
https://www.google.com/search?q=andy+street%27s+metro+plan&oq=Andy+Streets&aqs=chrome.3.0i355i457j46j0j0i10i22i30l2j0i22i30l2j0i10i22i30.19727j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
Phil, the authorities in the W Mids for 50 years, have had the weird idea that homes, shops, offices, roads and, "bus on rails" trams are meant to go on railway lines. They are still at it by breaking up the UK's only mothballed mainline railway "of national strategic significance" into multi-modal transport with trams, a test track and an extended cycle-walkway. This is the 120 Kms Black Country Railway being broken up when it is already built as a mainline railway! NO WONDER WE NEED HS2, for stopping at a few cities but still need inter-city lines for the existing stations. And, of course, to nicely accelerate the runaway greenhouse effect as we, maybe, turning earth into venus, our sister or twin planet. Nov 2020
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