Why is a North-south railway not being built now?

The idea of a North-south railway is not new, as soon as I heard of
it, it seemed obviously right, and John Prescott published a plan for it
before Labour came into office. It's advantages are overwhelming. In a long
thin island like this it is a fortunate geographical fact that so many of our
main centres of population can be linked in one line (to build *separate*
high-speed lines to these centres would obviously be silly) which will carry
so much traffic (a real plum for the lucky franchise-winner!) that it can be
built for the highest possible speeds, 200 mph, or why not go for 300 mph.
There has been plenty of talk about it, it is obviously an idea that everyone
wants. So why isn't it being built?


Michael Bell

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