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Roland Perry · September 27th 17, 06:42 PM posted to uk.transport.london

In message , at 15:50:19 on Wed, 27 Sep
2017, remarked:

Manchester is pretty much the UKs 2nd city now economically if not
in population (sorry brum) and a bit more cash splashed that way could only be
a good thing.

More than the cash splashed that way which currently subsidises their
trains at 35p per passenger mile?

I don't really care tbh. The regional cities need to be opened up for busines
far more than they are and for that you need decent public transport. They
figured this out in europe decades ago but it seems to elude british
governments.

Manchester has a vast railway network, but the locals either don't use
it, or won't pay for it.

Train users in London, like yourself, are paying for much of it.
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Roland Perry