New high speed rail link ...is it worth it ?
13-01-2012, 18:37
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Re: New high speed rail link ...is it worth it ?
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I may be wrong here, but I thought most (if not all) High Speed rail lines operate with designated seating, so no more tickets are sold once all seats are taken.
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Tis how HS1 works.
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16-01-2012, 12:06
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Re: New high speed rail link ...is it worth it ?
What about reopening the Great Central Main Line/Woodhead Line and upgrading the Chiltern Main Line, or even Further upgrades to the WCML!
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What about the Uk Ultraspeen plan?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_Ultraspeed
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16-01-2012, 13:01
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Re: New high speed rail link ...is it worth it ?
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Couple of facts, which you will hopefully take note of.
a) The Chiltern Line is currently having a £250 million upgrade (started 2010, ends 2013), part of which is to reduce journey times.
b) HS2 is a high-speed link, not a short-distance commuter link
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Originally Posted by Alan Fry
What about reopening the Great Central Main Line/Woodhead Line and upgrading the Chiltern Main Line, or even Further upgrades to the WCML!
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What about the Uk Ultraspeen plan?
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You appear to be suffering from short-term memory loss, as I posted the above information* in reply to one of your previous posts just under two days ago....
*post #174, previous page
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16-01-2012, 13:04
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Re: New high speed rail link ...is it worth it ?
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You appear to be suffering from short-term memory loss, as I posted the above information* in reply to one of your previous posts just under two days ago....
*post #174, previous page
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I was talikng about further upgrading the Chiltern Mail Line beyond Evergreen 3
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16-01-2012, 13:07
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Re: New high speed rail link ...is it worth it ?
You didn't say that - are we supposed to be psychic?
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16-01-2012, 13:14
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Re: New high speed rail link ...is it worth it ?
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You didn't say that - are we supposed to be psychic?
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Sorry about that!
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16-01-2012, 14:30
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Re: New high speed rail link ...is it worth it ?
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I would agree with that!
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And all routes to London, not just the West Coast...
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17-01-2012, 12:43
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Re: New high speed rail link ...is it worth it ?
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And all routes to London, not just the West Coast...
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Agreed!
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17-01-2012, 16:07
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Re: New high speed rail link ...is it worth it ?
I think for years we have been promised things will get better. They need the investment. We have been promised longer trains and platforms, and more frequent trains. Now all I see is investment from London to Birmingham.
Thank heavens I don't commute anymore. £6.5k plus another £1.5k car parking isn't funny.
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17-01-2012, 19:51
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Re: New high speed rail link ...is it worth it ?
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I think for years we have been promised things will get better. They need the investment. We have been promised longer trains and platforms, and more frequent trains. Now all I see is investment from London to Birmingham.
Thank heavens I don't commute anymore. £6.5k plus another £1.5k car parking isn't funny.
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Quite and it won't be cheaper on HS2.
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18-01-2012, 19:28
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Re: New high speed rail link ...is it worth it ?
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I think for years we have been promised things will get better. They need the investment. We have been promised longer trains and platforms, and more frequent trains. Now all I see is investment from London to Birmingham.
Thank heavens I don't commute anymore. £6.5k plus another £1.5k car parking isn't funny.
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They are planning improvements to other railways, just not as much as HS2
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06-04-2012, 14:07
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Re: New high speed rail link ...is it worth it ?
I wonder where they'll be moved to?
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Up to 50,000 bodies will need to be exhumed to make way for the new high speed rail line from London to Birmingham, it has emerged.
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06-04-2012, 20:52
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Re: New high speed rail link ...is it worth it ?
If l am not wrong (and l am sure members will tell me), Under a certain law, a graveyard cannot be touched by any means, unless 100 years has passed since the LAST body was buried.
This is what happened to a cemetery where my father is buried, and it caused uproar, when they started building on it. And my father was deceased 40 years ago. There was a long legal battle over it.
I believe that there is a legal bounded law on this, and cannot be changed
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06-04-2012, 21:00
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Re: New high speed rail link ...is it worth it ?
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If l am not wrong (and l am sure members will tell me), Under a certain law, a graveyard cannot be touched by any means, unless 100 years has passed since the LAST body was buried.
This is what happened to a cemetery where my father is buried, and it caused uproar, when they started building on it. And my father was deceased 40 years ago. There was a long legal battle over it.
I believe that there is a legal bounded law on this, and cannot be changed
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They will just change the law if that is true. 
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06-04-2012, 21:16
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Re: New high speed rail link ...is it worth it ?
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Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu
If l am not wrong (and l am sure members will tell me), Under a certain law, a graveyard cannot be touched by any means, unless 100 years has passed since the LAST body was buried.
This is what happened to a cemetery where my father is buried, and it caused uproar, when they started building on it. And my father was deceased 40 years ago. There was a long legal battle over it.
I believe that there is a legal bounded law on this, and cannot be changed
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All depends arthur ,in london the time limit is 75yrs ,there where changes to the laws a few years ago where responsibility was transfered from the home office to the department of constitutional affairs .
http://www.york.ac.uk/chp/crg/crgcontext.htm
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