Philip Hardy wrote:
encouraging the airlines to put
another wasteful domestic flight in the air.
Domestic Flights do have their place.
Exeter to Scotland by train ~ 9 hours
Car - probably about the same maybe more.
Coach - Full Overnight
Flight - 90 mins
But then down here in the South West we arn't going to justify an HSL,
or any other flightbuster. So 1 or 2 flights in a Dash 8 per day (about
70-140 people given the breakeven levels of a frugal turboprop) is
probably the best way to do things given the ground based alternatives
for the forseeable future
*Sigh*. I must remember to be more precise when posting here.
Yes. I agree with you - the example you state is quite fair except the
the journey time from from Exeter to Edinburgh on a direct train is
between 7 hours 34 mins and 8 hours 6 mins. Of course EDB isn't the only
place in Scotland - Perth is around the 9 hour mark. I had in mind flows
like Manchester - Glasgow, Newcastle to London and the like.
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Re: Kettle gets stuck in Exeter ... The line is double to Pinhoe (on the edge of Exeter) then single ... | outskirts of Salisbury (with loops at Gillingham and just East of Tisbury) ...train could not then proceed on its journey to Yeovil (assuming it ... service that can reliably be passed, and the new Route Utilisation Strategy... (uk.railway)
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