davetheguard
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Thanks Bald Rick for your list which is obviously, and usefully, a lot longer than mine. But are all those projects listed actually going to happen?
As you say, Heathrow Western access is now looking doubtful, Ely seems to be bubble on & on without anything actually happening on the ground, Manchester Castlefield Corridor has been sitting on the Minister's desk waiting for approval for what seems like years, and so it goes on. Oxford & Bristol electrification are still only officially "paused", presumably because the government can't publicly admit the truth. We've already seen a small worthwhile scheme like the Metropolitan Line extension killed off after millions & millions had been spent on it, and that scheme had the contractors actually in doing the preliminary works!
As someone who remembers B.R. actively considering running a Swindon to Peterborough service via the East West Rail route way back in the 1980's, the lack of progress sometimes begins to get you down; and the politicians wonder why people don't always trust them!
As you say, Heathrow Western access is now looking doubtful, Ely seems to be bubble on & on without anything actually happening on the ground, Manchester Castlefield Corridor has been sitting on the Minister's desk waiting for approval for what seems like years, and so it goes on. Oxford & Bristol electrification are still only officially "paused", presumably because the government can't publicly admit the truth. We've already seen a small worthwhile scheme like the Metropolitan Line extension killed off after millions & millions had been spent on it, and that scheme had the contractors actually in doing the preliminary works!
As someone who remembers B.R. actively considering running a Swindon to Peterborough service via the East West Rail route way back in the 1980's, the lack of progress sometimes begins to get you down; and the politicians wonder why people don't always trust them!