On Dec 13, 6:53*pm, allantracy wrote:
I know all the Communists of the North that frequent here will deny
it.

But, this government is turning out to be all our Xmas and New Years
combined as far as the railways are concerned.

Such relief, after the last lot, who were so determined to file away
stuff like this in the cabinet marked 'to be forgotten for a very long
time'.

The boys are back in town.

Whilst I dont have much sympathy for the "last lot" it could be that
even they saw how bonkers the scheme is economically. As did all those
that came before them.
If you read the business case you will see that most of the passengers
are expected to switch from other public transport, so weakening that.
Not much more than 200 per day are forecast to switch from car, and we
are going to spend £100m+ to achieve that.

This is going to cost more than the Humber bridge and is forecast to
have only a quarter of the users. Perhaps we need a Croxley Bridge
Board who should have to bear all the capital costs and charge
passengers a toll in their tickets.