Comments on: Lyon-Paris vs. Manchester-London

By: James Royston

James Royston — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:19:25 +0000

You shouldn’t let the Tories off the hook so easily, Jon – opposition to an extra runway at Heathrow does not equate to opposing an extra runway for London. I suspect that if they got into Government, the Conservatives would push for a new runway at either Gatwick or Stansted.

Second, I think it is worth pointing out that (albeit belatedly) the Labour Government in the UK has brought about Britain’s first high-speed rail link, on the Eurostar. Certainly there should be more investment in high-speed rail, but the Tory proposals are nothing new.

By: jrep

jrep — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 18:51:05 +0000

@jon – What we do in USA is, we socialize industries, then remember we don’t believe in socialism so we neglect them into collapse. I think in UK the pattern is reversed, but it may be that neither approach quite solves the problem.

But I do love the new London-Paris Eurostar TGV!

By: Jon

Jon — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 17:48:58 +0000

@jrep – I was in the USA this year, taking Amtrak between New York and Montreal. If Britain is bad then the USA is for sure worse…

@GreenMonk / Ludovic – thanks for the links!

By: Child of Europe

Child of Europe — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 09:07:40 +0000

And lets not forget the emissions of planes are also disproportionate… (as far as I know)

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By: Trooper Thompson

Trooper Thompson — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 06:24:12 +0000

I had to go to Manchester from London for business recently. There were no direct trains after about 9 am.

The privatisation of the railways remains one of the most ludicrous, ideologically-driven policies of the last tory government, and is an indictment of Labour who refused to reverse it.

By: jrep

jrep — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 18:39:35 +0000

You think UK trains are a disaster? Come to America sometime! Wish I could put my hands on the number of flights between San Francisco and LA, or Boston and Washington.

By: Ludovic

Ludovic — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:03:12 +0000

I couldn't agree more and have blogged extensively on the question: Richmondtransits.blog/railways