It is quite sad, Chris, but the motor vehicle lobby have tried their level best
to do something similar in this country as well. I reckon that it was France
that dragged the UK into the 20th century with the Eurotunnel and Eurostar.
Chris
On 23 May 2013, at 14:51, Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> When you see scenes like this:
>
> http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=5491
>
> you can't help but wonder what happened in this country that removed rail
> travel from the options for getting about. While the rest of the world is
> competing for the fastest passenger rail service, our leaders are telling us
> that we really don't want it.
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