East West Rail.More delay?

[uglymonkey]

Just seen this on the BBC, more delay do you think? I would have thought this would have already been sorted ad infinitum? Shades of Portishead?

Spending watchdog investigates East West Rail plans - BBC News

The new link could unlock £103billion of growth but critics say the business plan does not add up.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Mag_seven]

Already being discussed here:

East-West Rail (EWR): will it happen and how should it be done?

I'd be relatively surprised if it took a lot of journeys that would otherwise cross London (e.g. GWML to WCML) because the interchange points won't have much in the way of long distance service, e.g. MKC only has three of the 9tph fast on the WCML and Oxford requires an extra change, and because...

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