Thread: Why did the Metropolitan Railway go to Verney Junction?
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Old August 31st 12, 08:08 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?
In message , at 07:39:50 on Fri, 31
Aug 2012, Martin Edwards remarked:
One of the reasons that developers do not like to have to use brownfield sites is the cost of decontaminating land that
has been used for industry.

Also setting up electricity and water supply and sewers.

You have to do that on greenfield sites too.
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