tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27589444.post1731566441262747107..comments2023-08-22T16:18:38.393+01:00Comments on Rail Thing - Friends of the S&D: more on the end of roads ...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27589444.post-55225550495675123372012-03-21T21:09:31.399+00:002012-03-21T21:09:31.399+00:00Thank you
It is a great shotThank you<br /><br />It is a great shotsebastianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13736663503079870438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27589444.post-62828340110544380432012-03-21T11:36:47.057+00:002012-03-21T11:36:47.057+00:00No, it's somewhere on the LMR (Midlands somewh...No, it's somewhere on the LMR (Midlands somewhere) in 1960.Steve Sainsburyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12024394243500109831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27589444.post-53623902873784930472012-03-20T23:56:43.790+00:002012-03-20T23:56:43.790+00:00out of interest is the photo of the Templecombe S...out of interest is the photo of the Templecombe S.R. Salisbury Exeter line. A very dramatic shot.sebastianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13736663503079870438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27589444.post-605639826105975672012-03-19T13:32:10.179+00:002012-03-19T13:32:10.179+00:00As usual the comments here are beyond the normal r...As usual the comments here are beyond the normal range of conversation in the media.<br /><br />The Government can see a major crisis on the way. Oil prices will cause many to give up driving. Tax take will therefore plummet. Not dissimilar in ways to the indecent haste to close down the railways in the 50s/60.<br /><br />I am of the view we must prepare quickly for the approaching crisis. A restored S and D between, say, Midford and Midsomer Norton, with passenger and moreover goods facilities should soon pay its way. Liaison with other restoration projects for railways and canals will assist and leave out the road lobby in the main who have systematically brought Britain to the verge of gridlock with its corruption, greed and lack of foresight. <br /><br />No new major roads means there will be a good demand in areas where railways were once seen. Southern Somerset is a prime example.Neil S.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27589444.post-26250818609964215752012-03-19T12:42:08.280+00:002012-03-19T12:42:08.280+00:00It's been quicker by rail for a long time - wi...It's been quicker by rail for a long time - with many trains now running at between 100 and 150mph they absolutely wipe the floor alongside congested 70mph limited motorways - and as for suburban and rural traffic the cars don't have a chance!<br /><br />I think the days of utilising 'former' rail routes for roads are long gone. I don't think anyone seriously thinks NEW roads will be built, but that existing roads will gradually be handed over to private outfits charging for their use. New road building is totally dead in this country, I doubt we'll ever see a new road (apart from the odd much-delayed bypass) in this country again.<br /><br />It won't be long before roads are being converted into railways. I don't know why the government doesn't just promote this approach now!Steve Sainsburyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12024394243500109831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27589444.post-27564203892107554232012-03-19T12:17:17.003+00:002012-03-19T12:17:17.003+00:00The Privatisation Of The Roads
This will go well ...The Privatisation Of The Roads<br /><br />This will go well in getting more passengers on the rail and bus routes, the only caution. I can see is if the private company's are to build new roads, then there may be a conflict of interest as they attempt to keep construction costs down by using dismantled railway routes. which with the new planning law that is due out later this year, which make it easy to build and harder to complain.<br /><br />But that aside then it is good news, Maybe the old<br />Its Quicker By Train campaign of the 1950s was right.sebastianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13736663503079870438noreply@blogger.com