Re: Labour to promise high-speed rail link in election manifesto

In message <S1MEUq+XHwDLFAfs@perry.co.uk>
Roland Perry <roland@perry.co.uk> wrote:

> In message <rrutg555uceoahq9jcfj9q9eksamgmkos6@4ax.com>, at 22:19:09 on
> Thu, 26 Nov 2009, Charles Ellson <charles@ellson.demon.co.uk> remarked:

>>>>>>But it *is* arranged so that too many journeys are forced via
the M25.
>>>>>
>>>>>Yes, they should never have built Heathrow so close to the M25.
>>>>>
>>>>Or so far from a railway that actually serves more than one town ?
>>>
>>>So you'd rather they'd originally built it on top of the village that's
>>>now squealing because of the new runway proposal? (Assuming that the
>>>WCML qualifies as "serving more than one town")
>>>
>>There's only one (still in the future when Heathrow was built, like
>>the M25) railway at Heathrow and it isn't the WCML.

I thought that Heathrow was a former wartime airbase, built with no
thought of civilian use. And certainly with no idea that its traffic
would ever become so important. It grew up without forethought or
plan. That was my understanding.

Michael Bell

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