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Why does rail investment cost so much in the UK?

03 April 2006
Opening the Northern Line between East Finchley and Morden in 1926. The high costs of railway infrastructure in the UK are nothing new, says Phil Goodwin
Opening the Northern Line between East Finchley and Morden in 1926. The high costs of railway infrastructure in the UK are nothing new, says Phil Goodwin

 

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