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Mustard wrote: thesweetcheat wrote: The main reason there's no vast investment in the rail network isn't because there is no demand, actually there is a soaring demand from commuters to do just that. That's a very different issue though. That's demand from people who are already commuters on existing transport corridors. That's not the same thing as demand for new public transport routes. The demand is as much from business as it is from commuters, because they want to be able to transport their goods more efficiently using rail not road. And commuter demand includes re-opening closed lines and especially re-opening stations. By way of an example, a number of stations have been opened or re-opened in South Glamorgan, using an existing line but adding greatly to its potential. In effect, it has created a new rail route, while using a line that was already there. If you think about, there are very few parts of England and Wales (Scotland to a slightly lesser extent) that did not have rail coverage at the height of the 1920s usage, or similarly extensive bus coverage from the 1930s - 1960s. So any "new" public transport route is likely to simply be a permutation of an "old" one anyway (the white elephant of HS2 being an exception, obviously). Reply | with quote |  2nd October 2013ce 13:02 In reply to: Re: A303 to go into a tunnel eventually? (Mustard) |
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