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We don’t have the power to reduce the need to travel

Mike Crowhurst, Chairman, Railfuture, Leeds
14 May 2010
 

Stephen Plowden and Roger Davies both make sensible points. First, let’s be realistic about high-speed rail. It does not score highly on the sustainability chart. Its effect on aviation is minimal at best and dependent on the longer hauls to Scotland and the north-east of England. Its biggest plus would be in attracting road users. Its case rests on capacity rather than speed per se. But for sustainability, electrification is more urgent and more achievable, and scores far higher,...

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