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Some controversial opinions that will make me unpopular on this forum.
1) Brunel was a brilliant engineer but he (and the other railway engineers of the 1800s) are responsible for the deaths of thousands of men who built the railways, by not providing them with safe working conditions.
2) All of the 1980s built multiple units should have been withdrawn from service by now. 150s and 319s are not suitable trains for the 2020s.
3) The APTs should have been continued with. They could have been just as successful as the HSTs and would have captured the imagination of the public, bringing many more passengers to the railway.
4) There are too many heritage railways in this country. They cannot all survive in the long term.
1) Brunel was a brilliant engineer but he (and the other railway engineers of the 1800s) are responsible for the deaths of thousands of men who built the railways, by not providing them with safe working conditions.
2) All of the 1980s built multiple units should have been withdrawn from service by now. 150s and 319s are not suitable trains for the 2020s.
3) The APTs should have been continued with. They could have been just as successful as the HSTs and would have captured the imagination of the public, bringing many more passengers to the railway.
4) There are too many heritage railways in this country. They cannot all survive in the long term.