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If you removed the majority of the long-distance trains, there would be even greater areas of the country without train services than now. You would als have the problem of removing from future transport and land-use planning the use of rail systems. Imagine that a town were to loose it's train service. Pressure would be on to convert the station and associated tracks into housing, business etc. What happens in 20 years time when some bright spark decides to run trains again? Suddenly they have to find a new route! At great expense. I don't know about anyone else, but, if I were going coast-to-coast, I'd want a sleeper, not a coach. I don't agree that tri-weekly schedules are useful. It means that you have to add and extra day into your trip at least just to account for non-running of trains. Also, I don't agree that all non-profitable routes should be axed. For many years, the route from Shrewsbury to Aberystwyth was not making money, but it was important, particularly for students at weekends. Now, we are one of the best routes in the Wales and Borders franchise (they call it 'Alphaline'). We lost one route, and only just held onto the other, but most agree that it is worth it. Remember, highways systems generally don't run at profit. If you use tolls, people are going to get fed up paying for every time they use the road. This would have several effects: i.) people will find non-toll roads to travel on, hence causing congestion; ii.) there may be long court battles over whether tolls are 'right'; iii.) over time, people may shift their job and home to be nearer one another. Hence, you might find a light-rail system would be needed. Jason. Jason.
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