On Tue, 06 Nov 2007 13:48:25 -0800, Furze Platt
wrote:
>On 6 Nov, 21:20, Hatunen wrote:
>> On Tue, 06 Nov 2007 13:12:26 -0800, Furze Platt
>>
>> wrote:
>> >Queen Opens High Speed Rail Link
>>
>> >
>>
>> >The French had their high-speed Channel Tunnel link ready in 1993 - a
>> >year before the tunnel was officially opened - while the Belgians
>> >completed their link in the late 1990s.
>>
>> >The UK, however, spent years dithering over the cost and route of its
>> >link. It meant Eurostar trains could only reach their ultimate 186mph
>> >speed in France and Belgium, while comparatively crawling through
>> >south London and Kent.
>>
>> Is the French Eurostar track from Paris to Lille different from
>> the TGV track? If not, France had it easy since Eurostar only
>> require trackage from Lille to Calais, which didn't involve
>> routing through the sort of major metropolitan area the Brit
>> version had to pass through.
>>
>> I assume, also, that the Belgian track from Lille to Brussels is
>> both TGV and Eurostar
>
>I assume that the coming of the channel tunnel must of been a
>surprise......or perhaps it just shows that they have their head up
>their arse when it comes to transport ;-)
"Arse"? You seem to be the Brit so you tell me who has their head
up their arse.
But I would still think the British had a considerably more
difficult job of decision making than the French, who already had
track for their TGV that could be used. Not to mention, of
course, that the UK does not have the same sort of authoritarian
government that the French do.
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