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



"allan tracy" <thunderbird57303@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> What's so annoying is that a TGV line could (and should) be highly
> profitable and could be built quite cheaply with private sector
> involvement, not to mention those lovely EU grants just waiting to be
> picked up for this sort of thing.

EU grants are just our own money after the EU have taken a chunk out of it.
Rather like a bank which debits your account £150 when you've only taken £100
from the cash dispenser.

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John Youles Norwich England UK
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