BBC report £9bn to be spent on railways

[Moshe Gariani]

Does any of this mean getting away from the Amex after a night match will be made easier...?

BBC News - £9bn railway investment announced by coalition

 

[Notters]

Could mean direct trains from Brighton to Nottingham/Sheffield, which would be ace.

 

[Aadam]

Nope.

 

[Bladders]

Think a lot of it is oop North.

 

[Tomnorthi]

Could mean direct trains from Brighton to Nottingham/Sheffield, which would be ace.

Didnt Virgin trains run from Brighton at one point?

 

[shaolinpunk]

Yay, ticket prices will go up again.

 

[Tricky Dicky]

Won't make my daily commute any better methinks.

 

[Notters]

Didnt Virgin trains run from Brighton at one point?

Yes, that was a very slow route to Glasgow via Reading and Birmingham. They're electrifying Bedford - Sheffield with this new investment.

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

It means that Gideon has been over-ruled by someone who understands economics.

 

[Muzzatron]

Didnt Virgin trains run from Brighton at one point?

Think they did a Brighton to Manchester route, don't know why it stopped though ??

 

[Stat Brother]

If the government are announcing this, I assume they/we are paying for it.

So, tell again, why were they privatised?

 

[Carrot Cruncher]

Unless part of the investment is doubling the train from 2 to 4 lines between Three Bridges and Brighton, then there won't be any longer distance trains, as the Brighton to London bit can't cope as it is.

 

[Carrot Cruncher]

I'd also like to pre-empt TMLS on this. They could start with investing in some trains whose doors actually f***ing work properly...

 

[Tubby Mondays]

It means that Gideon has been over-ruled by someone who understands economics.

Frank Spencer understands economics better than him.

 

[GreersElbow]

It means that Gideon has been over-ruled by someone who understands economics.

This is what I think. So far he hasn't shown great understanding of macroeconomics. I think Vince Cable and maybe Ken Clarke had some input.

 

[arkan]

Think they did a Brighton to Manchester route, don't know why it stopped though ??

Something about a track being rerouted i think at kensington olympia and there wasnt space for the brighton to manchester trains to work around other services on the schedule.
Was only cancelled in 2009 aswell i think. And maybe im not thinking straight but im sure there was a service also that went up to Edingburgh, i dont know about from Brighton but i used to get the train from redhill to go to school and im sure on the time tables there was a twice weekly train up to scotland.

 

[Beach Hut]

NB work starts in 2014 so plenty of time to cancel as times are tough etc etc

 

[severnside gull]

I wonder how much of the £9bn will be spent on French technology and German rolling stock?

 

[Flavor Flav]

Why do the government fund the railways when they're all private? Surely the people who own them should be investing the money. The government should at least have some sort of say with what the rail companies do after an investment of this size.

 

[kevo]

Perhaps BML2 will finally get the go-ahead...