richieb1971
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Moderator note: split from East-West Rail: Progress and updates
Watch from 55 seconds in. In 2008 China's high speed railway infrastructure consisted of a very short track. Now? Oh my God. They even build railways just because cities in the middle of nowhere because they want people to be connected.
My policy is the same. Building is building for the future. It creates jobs, a better economy for the working class and its a statement of a country that is proud to build railways. It gets cars off the roads and its greener. I know that China plays by different rules to us Brits but in contrast they are making the democracies of the world an embarrassment. If for every project you worry about returns on money your likely to cross a lot of projects off the list. I'm going to assume we have the talent and the workforce has the will. I can only assume the people with the money are the only people blocking such projects.
The problem I see is that railways are just not fashionable in the UK anymore and all the negative coverage in the media is not helping such matters. Its probably right to say that if we got the currently built railway systems into ship shape and it ran well then the template for more better railways would easier to swallow.
Watch from 55 seconds in. In 2008 China's high speed railway infrastructure consisted of a very short track. Now? Oh my God. They even build railways just because cities in the middle of nowhere because they want people to be connected.
My policy is the same. Building is building for the future. It creates jobs, a better economy for the working class and its a statement of a country that is proud to build railways. It gets cars off the roads and its greener. I know that China plays by different rules to us Brits but in contrast they are making the democracies of the world an embarrassment. If for every project you worry about returns on money your likely to cross a lot of projects off the list. I'm going to assume we have the talent and the workforce has the will. I can only assume the people with the money are the only people blocking such projects.
The problem I see is that railways are just not fashionable in the UK anymore and all the negative coverage in the media is not helping such matters. Its probably right to say that if we got the currently built railway systems into ship shape and it ran well then the template for more better railways would easier to swallow.
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