Furze Platt wrote:
> On 6 Nov, 21:20, Hatunen wrote:
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> > On Tue, 06 Nov 2007 13:12:26 -0800, Furze Platt
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> > >Queen Opens High Speed Rail Link
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> > >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.
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> > >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.
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> > 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.
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> > I assume, also, that the Belgian track from Lille to Brussels is
> > both TGV and Eurostar
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> > ************* DAVE HATUNEN (hatu...@cox.net) *************
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> 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 ;-)
"It only started to be dug in 1881, guv'nor..."
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Best
Greg
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