tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27589444.post2523665192254400780..comments2023-08-22T16:18:38.393+01:00Comments on Rail Thing - Friends of the S&D: your future transport needs youUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27589444.post-48463693115515304062015-07-05T20:21:50.620+01:002015-07-05T20:21:50.620+01:00I think anti-rail people in Tavistock must be myop...I think anti-rail people in Tavistock must be myopic Luddites who have their heads firmly buried in the 1960s. Britain as a whole has seen and is seeing a RAILWAY RENAISSANCE - look at Crossrail, the doubling of capacity at Reading, rebuilt of Birmingham New Street, reopening of 30 miles of the Waverley Route (Scottish Borders), new HSTs soon to come in for Great Western, the new Night Riviera, the Caledonian Sleeper, re-opening of Bristol Templemeads to Portishead, and you can see that these people are completely out of touch. Anyone who has to drive from Tavistock to Plymouth each day knows that it will be quicker and more convenient by rail, and that access to the National Network is years overdue.E Carlislehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01961952999209472979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27589444.post-3874431500264506172009-05-03T23:29:00.000+01:002009-05-03T23:29:00.000+01:00I'm amazed to hear there is still an anti-rail lob...I'm amazed to hear there is still an anti-rail lobby! Are they luddites? hippies? or just nimbys? They can't be motorists, as where do they think congestion comes from? a railway would help reduce it.<br />As a motorist, motorcyclist and an HGV licence holder and now a railwayman I would love to hear their suggestions as to how we are all to get about in the future when I’ve finished burning up all the oil I can afford.<br />The open road? A myth, that disappeared during the 1980’s.<br />Houses are worthless without an infrastructure to support them and Tavistock has the way forward.<br /><br />KnoxyKnoxynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27589444.post-15263414009072866762009-05-03T19:02:00.000+01:002009-05-03T19:02:00.000+01:00IF the anti-rail group objects I'd like to see wha...IF the anti-rail group objects I'd like to see what they're gonna do about transport problems in the future! I think if they don't want it they should not get it, then laugh at them in 20 years time when the roads are a mess, housing obstructs most of the trackbed and they are the ones everyone will blame!GMasterHnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27589444.post-56796038530025261902009-05-01T18:51:00.000+01:002009-05-01T18:51:00.000+01:00I think its great that they are planning to re-ope...I think its great that they are planning to re-open another rail link. Its a shame here in hampshire they arent doing the same, Hampshire County Council are planning on changing the redundant rail link from Fareham to Gosport to a Rapid Bus route, all isnt quite loss as its still not too late to have your say as the public consultancy process doesnt end until next week!hantsandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11964401151434504255noreply@blogger.com