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Re: Train development news
Originally Posted by John & Kath
(Post 10471775)
Steve Telegraph carried an advance storey about HS2 the continuation of the high speed link from Birmingham to Manchester and Liverpool to follow on from HS1 and the Scottish First Minister is already asking for it to press on to Glasgow/Edinburgh and better still start the construction at that end and work south to Birmingham. How this squares with Independace I don't quite figure.
But I do feel HS2 will work better the further north it goes. I doubt there are many (if any) who fly from Birmingham to London for business purposes. But there are schedlued flights from Scotland to London (and I believe from Manchester too) and the high speed rail link can capture those passengers, as well as help with overall capacity. |
Re: Train development news
Originally Posted by Dick Dasterdly
(Post 10471613)
I take it that AVE have finally given in and upped your commision ?
Well lets face it, they need all the help they can get. :cool: But while the self-deluded continually claim to be envisioning signs of recovery, the data tell us another story. Almost every indicator we have points to deterioration, and the forward looking ones we have suggest there is worse to come. |
Re: Train development news
Originally Posted by agoreira
(Post 10471801)
I read this from a well respected economist living in Spain, no prizes for guessing who came immediately to mind. ;)
http://spaineconomy.blogspot.com.es/ |
Re: Train development news
Originally Posted by steviedeluxe
(Post 10471798)
I don't think having good communication links are a barrier to independent countries. Looking at the Channel Tunnnel, let's hope not ;)
But I do feel HS2 will work better the further north it goes. I doubt there are many (if any) who fly from Birmingham to London for business purposes. But there are schedlued flights from Scotland to London (and I believe from Manchester too) and the high speed rail link can capture those passengers, as well as help with overall capacity. |
Re: Train development news
Originally Posted by John & Kath
(Post 10471812)
I agree that north of Manchester it all starts to add up and yes there are flights from Birmingham, Manchester and all over Scotland. However I was thinking who was going to pay or what would be the Independants contribution?
I don't think they will gain independence any day soon, they don't have a majority ready to vote for it. |
Re: Train development news
Originally Posted by John & Kath
(Post 10471812)
I agree that north of Manchester it all starts to add up and yes there are flights from Birmingham, Manchester and all over Scotland. However I was thinking who was going to pay or what would be the Independants contribution?
Like the Spanish AVE White Elephant it would simply be another economic disaster bearing in mind that these systems generally struggle to pay their own basic running costs let alone even begin to pay off the estimated 83 BILLION outlay cost. Not really doing the airline service a favour either, simply robbing Peter to pay Paul, ....that's if Paul ever gets paid which is highly unlikely as is the case in Spain. The airline infrastucture relating to big cities already exists so why waste lorry loads of cash undermining it in such desperate times as these ? |
Re: Train development news
Originally Posted by agoreira
(Post 10471801)
I read this from a well respected economist living in Spain, no prizes for guessing who came immediately to mind. ;)
http://spaineconomy.blogspot.com.es/ |
Re: Train development news
It seems that CAF are on a roll. They've now been chosen as part of a consortium to help build a light rail system in Taiwan.
http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/u...ree-trams.html TAIWAN: Kaohsiung City Government’s Mass Rapid Transit Bureau announced on January 4 that it had selected a consortium of CAF and Evergreen Construction to build the first stage of the city’s catenary-free circular light rail line. |
Re: Train development news
Originally Posted by steviedeluxe
(Post 10472222)
It seems that CAF are on a roll. They've now been chosen as part of a consortium to help build a light rail system in Taiwan.
http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/u...ree-trams.html |
Re: Train development news
http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2013/0...357653711.html
Not such a good idea,... obviously another sad soul was a bit desperate. |
Re: Train development news
That's a big problem in the UK. as well. Mainly eastern european gangs.
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Re: Train development news
Originally Posted by Dick Dasterdly
(Post 10472337)
http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2013/0...357653711.html
Not such a good idea,... obviously another sad soul was a bit desperate. ` |
Re: Train development news
Originally Posted by Domino
(Post 10473469)
think they have learnt their lesson in the uk, cast iron surface water drain covers on the side of the road are the current flavour, have been for a couple of years.
` http://www.thisistamworth.co.uk/Trai...ail/story.html |
Re: Train development news
Originally Posted by Domino
(Post 10473469)
think they have learnt their lesson in the uk, cast iron surface water drain covers on the side of the road are the current flavour, have been for a couple of years.
` They've been replacing them with a new tough non metalic design for quite a while now. Electric cable is a different problem, though in the UK the police and other authorities are now tightening up on the scrapyards and insisting there is proof of a legal origin of any scrap weighed in. In addition they're now stopping vehicles carrying scrap on the roads. If there is no clear proof of a legal source the loads are immediately confiscated. Maybe a good lead for Spain to follow as it's nothing new here. I recall huge lengths of heavy supply cable being cut off and stolen during the previous recession in Tenerife. |
Re: Train development news
Originally Posted by Dick Dasterdly
(Post 10473727)
You're way out of date Dom.
They've been replacing them with a new tough non metalic design for quite a while now. Electric cable is a different problem, though in the UK the police and other authorities are now tightening up on the scrapyards and insisting there is proof of a legal origin of any scrap weighed in. In addition they're now stopping vehicles carrying scrap on the roads. If there is no clear proof of a legal source the loads are immediately confiscated. Maybe a good lead for Spain to follow as it's nothing new here. I recall huge lengths of heavy supply cable being cut off and stolen during the previous recession in Tenerife. then there's lead from church roof's, even local GP's had the lead taken from its roof, BT cables being dug out of the ground leaving whole villages without telephone, signal cables alongside the railway used to be a good one - not secured or anything. Our local police stopped a guy walking down the street with a Tesco trolley full of scrap metal, said he was looking for the scrap yard - did him for theft of a trolley :rofl: |
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