tim..... wrote:
But even in countries that are pro rail such schemes are
developed piecemeal, it's the way that finance works.

Not always. Look at the TGV system in france. It was a large scale
project from the start, not some penny pinching piecemeal attempt of
building a few miles of fast track to start off with then leaving it
for a decade and have endless "reviews" from quangos which is what any
British government would have probably done.

B2003