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- Can high speed rail can speed up the british economy?
- the guvernment thinks so
- Its giving the green light to build an 149mi line from London to Berninum in the middle of England
- cutting the 1h45min trvel time almost in half
- Though il will take more than a decade to complete just the first phase
- supporters says it will be 50B+$ well spent
- It would provide the capacity the passengers need
- it would provide the connectivity the major cities need
- it would provide the speed getting betwin those cities that [the] country needs
- it would also create thejobs growth and prosperity that Britan needs in the future too
- High speed rail is far form an easy vote getter
- critics says that it would be cheaper to upgrde existing lines
- and that the enviromental benefits are at best neutral
- the conservetives lead gouvernment even {faces} a revolt from some of its own wealthy voters
- especially those whose back yard would be home to part of the line
- Its about wether this is the right thing to do for UK PLC
- and we think it's not the right ting to do for UK PLC at a time of national austerity
- the US congress killed white house plans for [a] high speed rail
- {siding} costs and economic benefits
- But unlike the US, Britan already has a high speed rail line
- Eurostar uses it for trains to and from Paris and Brussels
- Europeans are quite uset to bullet trains
- as are the japanese
- and even more recently the chinese though there has ben safty concerns in China
- gouvernment see mega transport infrastructure projects as 1 big way to repair economic malaise
- large project meens a large amount of money spent,
- jobs created temporarily at lesat
- and than temporary jobs means money in people's {pocket}
- and than they strt spending and the economy hopefully {revives} again
- so it's been done many times
- As part as Virgin empire Richard Branson operates a fast train line in the UK
- And he's worried [that] the 2nd high speed line or HS2 will siphon all the ca$h
- Our trains are capable [of] going 30 [to] 40mph quicker
- and we will like improvements to the tracks
- and we would hate it if all this money went in to HS2
- witch is not gonna (going to) benefit people for 10-15 years time
- Britan equates high speed rails to the buildng to the highways
- saying its time to replace Victorian era lines for people and for goods
- Jim Boulden
- CNN London
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