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Originally posted by OwlHoot View PostGood luck with that, considering a lot of old railway lines have been built on, or used in part for roads and road viaducts.
This all sounds like Tory dogwhistle politics to appeal to old timers with fond memories of steam trains etc etc, and is a pretty tawdry outdated vision for the 21st century.
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There are definitely some routes that could/should be reopened but, as others have said, it'll be impossible to do that for all the routes axed where they have been repurposed.
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Originally posted by Big Blue Plymouth View PostTories to reverse Beeching
They'll be having some interesting conversations with Sustrans who have spent years turning a lot of the closed rail network in these parts to cycle paths.
This all sounds like Tory dogwhistle politics to appeal to old timers with fond memories of steam trains etc etc, and is a pretty tawdry outdated vision for the 21st century.
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Originally posted by Big Blue Plymouth View PostTories to reverse Beeching
They'll be having some interesting conversations with Sustrans who have spent years turning a lot of the closed rail network in these parts to cycle paths.
Cost per mile of between £4.5m and £11m depending on required infrastructure (bridges, tunnels, stations ) according to this :
https://www.railfuture.org.uk/east/d...s-Analysis.pdf
Facts Sheet 7. Rail versus road: Capital costs of track | Transport watch UK
HS2 will cost around £400m per mile.
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Originally posted by Big Blue Plymouth View PostTories to reverse Beeching
They'll be having some interesting conversations with Sustrans who have spent years turning a lot of the closed rail network in these parts to cycle paths.
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Bring Back the Titfield Thunderbolt!
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