On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 02:18:03 +1030, (Aidan Stanger)
wrote:

Michael Bell wrote:

London's advantage is man-made. One thing that man has made
is that it is so big and so many transport links focus on it. It is big
because largely subsidised transport links have allowed its growth (Before
the war, the LNER built up commuter services from the West Riding to the
sea-side at Scarborough,

Are you sure they were commuter services?

Nope, largely to serve the holiday trade in the summer months, as many
visitors from "the right side of the Penines" went to the east coast
resort, while those on "the wrong side" went to Blackpool. The same
applies to Bridlington, which very nearly lost its rail link in (IIRC)
the 1970s.
--
Nick Cooper

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