Re: rail versus national express

Mark B wrote:
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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