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Unread 06-07-2012, 13:57   #21
James Howard
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Originally Posted by Colm Moore View Post
Wasn't his mostly the local politicians who didn't want "old" trains?
That would be the answer to my question as to how this country keeps coming up with "better" solutions that don't work. We have have too many politicians pulling strokes for anybody who has the neck to ask them for them.

Hence we end up with trains leaving branch lines with 4 passengers, thousands of houses build in the middle of swamps 100 miles from the nearest job and tolled motorways where there isn't enough traffic to pay the toll collectors.
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