Not true, for moving large amounts of stuff from a production centre to a distribution plant some distance away. Rail is much better than lorries for that. (View Post)

All this assumes that the Tories dont' do a spiteful scorched earth retreat and order the 100kT of concrete tipped and the boring machines demolished in situ with explosive. Like TSR.2 productio… (View Post)

In fairness the overall speed *is* important in market share - especially capturing from air. And part of that is train speed, sure, but also in line design - straightish, no Stephenson bottlenecks, … (View Post)

Erm, what are you on? West Coast trains in Essex? I don't think even the East Coast ones go through Essex. (View Post)

Sure, but there is lots more money to have to be paid for the NHS from general taxation. So NI's not hypothecated for social security (even sans tax credits), nor does it pay for the NHS ... Edi… (View Post)