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Old August 2nd 10, 01:27 PM posted to uk.transport.london
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Default HS2 via Heathrow gets thumbs down...

On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 10:33:08AM +0100, Neil Williams wrote:
On Fri, 23 Jul 2010 12:12:42 +0100, David Cantrell
wrote:
ITYM might as well stay with the east coast main line. London to
Edinburgh by train is *already* faster than going by plane, once you
take into account travel time to/from airports and pointless hanging
around.

You assume everyone is travelling from Central London or Stevenage.


No. I don't live in either Central London or Stevenage, but the train
is still faster (as well as being more comfortable and more reliable).

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