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Well, you're close. I work with one of the public transport organisations ( Merseytravel ) and I have lots of six monthly review meetings with the Merseyrail staff. In fact I like to think that a lot of my critical feedback is having a POSITIVE effect on some particular issues. So THAT in...

It's not rocket science though is it? That practically every regional railway improvement that does get government approval is just so that London can benefit from it. HS2 is just the icing on the cake really...... but I am very very sceptical that it will benefit the rest of the country. The...

An expensive folly. The government are only doing this to be seen to be competing with other countries who already have in place a comprehensive HST line network. It just goes to show how retarded they have been all these years of withholding valuable funding to improving / expanding /...

Who said my life was perfect? Did I say that it was the only thing? NO! Everything about the railways in this country now riles me....it's mismanaged pure and simple..... I'm only stating MY opinion. Oh, and you're telling me it's cheaper to spend 20, 30 grand [which is what it costs] on an...

If this country's government was possessed of a greater commitment to improving our disgracefully inadequate REGIONAL [note key word] rail transport infrastructure all of 20 years ago before privatisation (just think of how much cheaper some big scale projects would have been if they stopped...

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Before I start, let me just say sorry for not noticing this extremely insightful forum earlier. For some strange reason only known to myself, I've only just discovered the existence of this messageboard today. Heaven only knows why/how I didn't come across it earlier as I like to believe that I...