Elizabeth Line (Crossrail) opens
After over a decade Crossrail has finally opened: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-e...ondon-61507125
Rode it this morning. Really modern stations and trains. Connects together some parts of London, like Canary Wharf, that were not that well connected really well. |
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Hurray for London. The residents of Leeds and Manchester are really happy for you and your new trains.
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The people of this great northern city duly doff their caps and gasp at the latest technological marvel to be unveiled in our great capital. I’m truly chuffed that Londoners can now traverse their city 10 minutes quicker, or get to Canary Wharf without changing at Mornington Crescent.
It’s just a pity it went a teensy wee say bit over-budget isn’t it. I’m pretty sure we could have replaced every single ferry serving the Western Isles twice over with that money. |
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In reality, the SNP would have spent the money propping up any engineering firm with a Nat-voting boss, thrown several millions at them, then when they failed to deliver, throw some more millions at them and nationalise the mess into the bargain. |
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I take it as a sign that we can do infrastructure projects in this country - albeit expensive and late - and that the Government should be doing more of it instead of pandering to NIMBYism and treating the U.K as a project of managed decline.
Besides Crossrail is one of the more complicated projects that could be taken on. Tunnelling through an already widely developed London isn't cheap or easy. Landmarks and homes had to come down. |
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Nah, these things only happen in London mate. |
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There is too much pandering to NIMBYs in this country and not enough ambition. |
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Northern Powerhouse has been defunded by the government; presumably because there's insufficient votes for them in it. |
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The Elizabeth Line is also doing some of this. Today’s the day the totally new core London route opened but between Stratford and Shenfield it's using an existing, but rebranded, line. |
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Hand me down trains from TOCs in the south and one new station a decade. |
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