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Viewpoint: John Siraut: The rail closure debate is hampered by a lack of transparency about the costs of the network

By John Siraut
01 November 2005
 

With the railways' seeming insatiable appetite for taxpayers' money, discussion has once again turned to large-scale cuts in the network. "Biggest cuts since Beeching signalled by rail minister" headlined The Times on 1 October, followed in the same paper by "Railways to be turned into concrete bus lanes" on 7 October.

The softening up of public opinion is on its way, with the idea of rail closures being steadily planted in the public mind. Lobby group Transport Watch has...

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