http://timhowgego.com/railways-for-prosperity.html Thoughts, Ideas, Analysis Tue, 17 Jan 2012 05:16:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://timhowgego.com/railways-for-prosperity.html#comment-1653 Scottish Tram Financing - Tim Howgego Tue, 30 Aug 2011 14:25:04 +0000 http://timhowgego.com/?p=248#comment-1653 [...] grandiose projects that the UK might contemplate, but which could bankrupt Scotland – like a new high speed rail network: A core route serving Scotland’s largest 5 or 6 cities, with an under-sea tunnel to Lerwick [...] [...] grandiose projects that the UK might contemplate, but which could bankrupt Scotland – like a new high speed rail network: A core route serving Scotland’s largest 5 or 6 cities, with an under-sea tunnel to Lerwick [...]

]]> http://timhowgego.com/railways-for-prosperity.html#comment-1225 Optimism - Tim Howgego Tue, 13 Apr 2010 16:34:17 +0000 http://timhowgego.com/?p=248#comment-1225 [...] clearly delivers less benefit than 2 lines. If the prime objective is perception, not transport (as I contend), then running trams past the Royal Bank of Scotland headquarters and on through the city centre, [...] [...] clearly delivers less benefit than 2 lines. If the prime objective is perception, not transport (as I contend), then running trams past the Royal Bank of Scotland headquarters and on through the city centre, [...]

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