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Scrap high-speed rail and focus on reducing commuting

Roger Davies, Kendal
14 March 2011
 

Aha, so the truth is out! The report by Jonathan Tyler and the letter from William Barter on High Speed 2 make it absolutely clear. High-speed rail is all about more commuter trains for London. Get rid of these bothersome long-distance trains so the poor dears commuting into the capital can be more comfortable. It is outrageous to suggest high-speed trains will solve the mythical North-South divide; it will merely fuel the real divide between London and the rest of us.

The Tyler report talks...

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