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Posted by AEM-7AC #901 on Sun Sep 9 01:33:01 2007, in response to Re: Phila Inquirer: Gas prices, global warming renewing interest in high-speed rail, posted by Rail Blue on Sat Sep 8 23:53:03 2007. Urban area populations 158,195; 166,840; 264,601; and 95,521 respectively. So they're fairly reasonable. And Preston is the junction point for Blackpool (142,283) and Blackburn (136,695).Like I said, pissant towns. Bother me when they have minimum, 500K urban areas, and then maybe they might be "reasonable". 100K Urban Areas are small, IMHO, and don't deserve anything beyonf regional service. OTOH, I'm probably jaded as an American living in a city where 8M people live, an metropolitan area of 20M people, and a suburban township with more residents than Manchester... But the HSL would have to go somewhere. It's 175 miles of horrendous terrain from Lancaster to Glasgow (170 to Edinburgh), with Carlisle the largest intermediate settlement. It's an HSL. It doesn't need to be designed to the same standards that regular lines must undertake. If the French and Spaniards can cross the Pyrenees, your engineers can certainly cross Pennines... especially with Scotland increasingly turning inward Build this as a project of national unity and as a fun way of employing some people in the North. If anything, reducing the 5 hr trip to Scotland into a 3 hr ordeal would certainly reduce the need for little shitports around the country, and make Scotland more accessible. Interestingly, if one is bored, one can encourage commutes from cheaper areas in the North to London... |
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