Does the high-speed train link signal an end to EGIP plans?
THE Scottish Government's announcement of a 30-minute train service between Scotland's two biggest cities simply demonstrates all that is wrong with our approach to railways in Scotland ("New high speed intercity rail vow", The Herald, November 13).
THE Scottish Government's announcement of a 30-minute train service between Scotland's two biggest cities simply demonstrates all that is wrong with our approach to railways in Scotland (\"New high speed intercity rail vow\", The Herald, November 13).
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Piecemeal, flavour-of-the month, politically motivated plans are not the way to develop a railway system fit for the 21st century. No amount of fanfares for the announcement made by Nicola Sturgeon will disguise the fact that the plan to which she alludes is the long-awaited upgrade of Carstairs Junction, but it is presented as some futuristic train set with exaggerated graphics and even more over-stated hyperbole.
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Does the high-speed train link signal an end to EGIP plans?
THE Scottish Government's announcement of a 30-minute train service between Scotland's two biggest cities simply demonstrates all that is wrong with our approach to railways in Scotland ("New high speed intercity rail vow", The Herald, November 13).
Piecemeal, flavour-of-the month, politically motivated plans are not the way to develop a railway system fit for the 21st century. No amount of fanfares for the announcement made by Nicola Sturgeon will disguise the fact that the plan to which she alludes is the long-awaited upgrade of Carstairs Junction, but it is presented as some futuristic train set with exaggerated graphics and even more over-stated hyperbole.
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