Thread: New high speed rail link ...is it worth it ?
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Old 10-01-2012, 09:01   #87
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Re: New high speed rail link ...is it worth it ?
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Originally Posted by Damien View Post
On the other hand TGV in France has been a success. Generated over €1 billion for the state owned railway (SNCF) in a single year, the initial success led not only to France expanding the network where they could but for other European countries to take up the network. Mainland Europe is now connected via a network of high speed lines. We have the connection to Paris, a German rail company (English ones lack the foresight, competence or skill it would seem) are planning a London to Frankfurt line. The French had the foresight to start this investment in 1981! So we're only 30 years behind.
The sooner we get HS2 the better, it would be of more benifit to the North of England than the Failed Regional Eurostar Project!
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