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New Prime Minister - New Transport Policy?
On Jun 27, 12:39 pm, Ian wrote:
On 27 Jun, 20:33, The Good Doctor wrote: So Gordon is in No. 10 at last. What changes will we see in transport policy, especially towards rail? If oly we had an ex-civil servant who kept banging on about his inside contacts here we might know better My guess: much more PFI. Ian My guess: We have an anouncement on Crossrail soon. Adrian |
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New Prime Minister - New Transport Policy?
On Jun 27, 10:04 pm, "Adrian Auer-Hudson, MIMIS"
wrote: My guess: We have an anouncement on Crossrail soon. It already has the government's full support - the current hurdle is getting it through parliament, which isn't really something you can announce. I don't think any progress can be made until there's been a few months of consultation whatnot over the recent Woolwich changes. The only thing Brown could announce is scrapping it. The Thameslink Programme, on the other hand... U -- http://londonconnections.blogspot.com/ |
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New Prime Minister - New Transport Policy?
"Mr Thant" wrote in message oups.com... On Jun 27, 10:04 pm, "Adrian Auer-Hudson, MIMIS" wrote: My guess: We have an anouncement on Crossrail soon. It already has the government's full support - the current hurdle is getting it through parliament, which isn't really something you can announce. I don't think any progress can be made until there's been a few months of consultation whatnot over the recent Woolwich changes. The only thing Brown could announce is scrapping it. That should lead to a few questions about rail policy differences between Scotland and England - is it the Alloa - Kincardine route that goes through or near Brown's constituency? Paul |
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New Prime Minister - New Transport Policy?
"Paul Scott" wrote That should lead to a few questions about rail policy differences between Scotland and England - is it the Alloa - Kincardine route that goes through or near Brown's constituency? AIUI not through, or even very close to his constituency - but by taking the coal trains for Kincardine Power Station away from the Forth Bridge it should improve the performance of the passenger trains which do serve Kirkcaldy. Peter |
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New Prime Minister - New Transport Policy?
AIUI not through, or even very close to his constituency - but by taking the coal trains for Kincardine Power Station away from the Forth Bridge it should improve the performance of the passenger trains which do serve Kirkcaldy. Peter Are EWS et al still threatening to boycott the Alloa Line? For those not aware, NR appear to be charging a premium for access to the line for freight operators even though it isn't exactly a highly desirable alternative routing for them. It might make more sense to charge a premium for the bridge route. As for discrepancies in transport policy between Westminster and Holyrood, what of it exactly? The PM has no authority to alter the way the Scots parliament chooses to spend it's allocation of funds. If it appears to observers south of the border that transport projects are getting more backing in Scotland than in England, then less money will have to be spent on something else in England, as it is in Scotland, in order to fund the rail network expansion. You get ought for nought, it's all give and take, quid pro quo etc. The M8 is a motorway?? Where?!? |
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New Prime Minister - New Transport Policy?
On 28 Jun, 00:50, David H wrote:
AIUI not through, or even very close to his constituency - but by taking the coal trains for Kincardine Power Station away from the Forth Bridge it should improve the performance of the passenger trains which do serve Kirkcaldy. Peter Are EWS et al still threatening to boycott the Alloa Line? For those not aware, NR appear to be charging a premium for access to the line for freight operators even though it isn't exactly a highly desirable alternative routing for them. It might make more sense to charge a premium for the bridge route. As for discrepancies in transport policy between Westminster and Holyrood, what of it exactly? The PM has no authority to alter the way the Scots parliament chooses to spend it's allocation of funds. If it appears to observers south of the border that transport projects are getting more backing in Scotland than in England, then less money will have to be spent on something else in England, as it is in Scotland, in order to fund the rail network expansion. You get ought for nought, it's all give and take, quid pro quo etc. The M8 is a motorway?? Where?!? Quite. Perhaps more of England's money could be spent on English projects, rather than being sent across the border to be spent on Scottish projects. ;-) |
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New Prime Minister - New Transport Policy?
On Wed, 27 Jun 2007 22:23:04 +0100 someone who may be "Paul Scott"
wrote this:- That should lead to a few questions about rail policy differences between Scotland and England - is it the Alloa - Kincardine route that goes through or near Brown's constituency? The Stirling - Alloa - Kincardine line does not go particularly near Mr Brown's constituency, or his former constituency. However, if EWS can sort out the stupid tolling regime, which the Executive were still talking of the last time I heard, then they will take their coal trains away from the Forth Bridge, which is used by many people in his constituency. -- David Hansen, Edinburgh I will *always* explain revoked encryption keys, unless RIP prevents me http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2000/00023--e.htm#54 |
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On Jun 28, 2:26 am, (Colin Rosenstiel) wrote:
You're having a laugh surely? They have agreed no public funding at all. Sorry, should have been clearer - I meant it has full support for getting it past the current stage, and there's not a lot Brown could do to expedite that. U |
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