Fascinating sequence of posts.
I'm torn between now believing that Crossrail and Thameslink were a huge mistake, that we should advocate the re-opening of Leeds Central, New, Wellington and Holbeck High and Low Level and the opposite idea that we should immediately carve through modern Courts and Shopping Centres.
What's more confusing is a Bradford Council that imagines one can have a high speed line with two stations eight miles apart while neglecting its local services, ignoring "connectivity" between the busy, rail using, townships of the Aire and Calder Valleys. Bradford is more than just a city centre.
The joker is LRT with its low speed and capacity but immense cost/mile.
Labor Omnia Vincit
WAO