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They Were Caught In Our Old Street Pics...
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lmr3103
master brummie
John,
That's why governments will have a hard time persuading people to use public transport rather than their own cars. Covid has just made public transport even more of a risk.
Maurice
My son came home on the train tonight. 10 people on the platform...only 2 wearing masks...
Nick Phillips
N S P
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I'm no fan of rail travel . Over the years even when trains were in its early years people were unsure.
The motor car will never catch on. Motorways, what a waste of money.
Goods were delivered via the canal. The canal was the motorway of it's day.
A few days ago I was talking to some youngsters who thought the street lighting was poor, I said its better then the old gas lighting, they thought I was joking I wasn't .
If I was asked when I passed my driving test in1969 when will you purchase you first electric car ? I with my mates would have laughed.
I have already said I'm no fan of the rail, but sorry folk's. How many cars does one train keep off the roads.
What will 2030, look like? I hope I'm still around to see it.
Nick S Phillips 
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I'm no fan of rail travel . Over the years even when trains were in its early years people were unsure.
The motor car will never catch on. Motorways, what a waste of money.
Goods were delivered via the canal. The canal was the motorway of it's day.
A few days ago I was talking to some youngsters who thought the street lighting was poor, I said its better then the old gas lighting, they thought I was joking I wasn't .
If I was asked when I passed my driving test in1969 when will you purchase you first electric car ? I with my mates would have laughed.
I have already said I'm no fan of the rail, but sorry folk's. How many cars does one train keep off the roads.
What will 2030, look like? I hope I'm still around to see it.
Nick S Phillips
sospiri
GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
Raz,
I've lived in Crete for the last 16 years and we have no railways on the island. Far too expensive to cut tunnels and build bridges through the mountainous terrain, and such a railway would run at a massive loss even if someone built it.
The one on the Greek mainland makes a loss of 1 million euros a day, without Covid, so not even the German banks wanted to take it as collateral!
Maurice
I've lived in Crete for the last 16 years and we have no railways on the island. Far too expensive to cut tunnels and build bridges through the mountainous terrain, and such a railway would run at a massive loss even if someone built it.
The one on the Greek mainland makes a loss of 1 million euros a day, without Covid, so not even the German banks wanted to take it as collateral!
Maurice
Nick Phillips
N S P
Crete, beautiful part of the world, what helps makes beautiful its got no space for a train.Raz,
I've lived in Crete for the last 16 years and we have no railways on the island. Far too expensive to cut tunnels and build bridges through the mountainous terrain, and such a railway would run at a massive loss even if someone built it.
The one on the Greek mainland makes a loss of 1 million euros a day, without Covid, so not even the German banks wanted to take it as collateral!
Maurice
The Uk not big but do we just keep building motorways, I would still rather drive even if rail travel was nil, but I would say thank you to those who did travel by the train.
Nick S Phillips
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