Thread: Why did the Metropolitan Railway go to Verney Junction?
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Old August 30th 12, 09:49 AM posted to uk.railway,misc.transport.urban-transit,uk.transport.london
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Default Why did the Metropolitan Railway go to Verney Junction?
On 30/08/2012 10:44, News wrote:
Graeme Wall wrote:
On 30/08/2012 10:25, News wrote:
Cities have a natural footprint limit. The generally accepted limit
is that if it takes over an hour to travel from one side to the
other its expansion naturally tails off.

Explain supercities then.

London, New York, Tokyo might give you a clue. Keep looking.

Try getting across any of those in an hour.

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