Thread: Will Brexit lead to the abandonment of Crossrail2 and Turning SouthLondon Orange?
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Old June 30th 16, 09:01 AM posted to uk.transport.london
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Default Will Brexit lead to the abandonment of Crossrail2 and Turning
On Thu, 30 Jun 2016 09:47:41 +0100
Someone Somewhere wrote:
In terms of capacity, I realise there is freight and local services, but
is there really no scope for increasing the number of InterCity trains
north from Euston beyond 9/hour?

Obviously not or they'd have probably done it. AFAIK the real reason for HS2
is to free up paths on the WCML for freight though I guess this wouldn't play
too well with the public: "We need you lot to pay for this fancy train so
we can shift more containers. Soz"

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