Re: High Speed Rail - The man from BA says "no"

Charlie Hulme <charlie.hulme@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Tony Polson wrote:
How is it, then, that the West Coast Main Line upgrade still hasn't
been finished, despite taking over twice as long as expected, costing
four times as much and all this after the scope of the work was
reduced by more than a third?


You tell us, Tony - how is it?


I'm buggered if I know. <g>

Someone must have made an enormous amount of money out of the fiasco,
but I have no idea who.

.

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