The biggest difference between Britain and Canada/USA is that railways are a much bigger part of people's lives. You can get almost anywhere in Britain by train, the Beeching cutbacks notwithstanding. People over there complain about the service but I think what they have is amazing. I took a train from London Waterloo to the town of Ford (near Brighton) where there is a great model train shop called The Engine Shed. I was a bit worried at first about when the next train back will be. When I got back to the station I saw that there is a return train every fifteen minutes. I compare that with the train I took from Saratoga Springs, New York to NYP a few years ago. Two trains a day, that's it.
Took a 125 from London to Bristol to Bath to London back in the late 70s. Nothing wrong with it at all. 40+ years later, and we can't match that here in the US today.
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This is a result of HS2- I used to go to this pub whenever I was in London, the last time was shortly before it closed for good. A shame, it had an amazing real ale selection. Casks on hand pump and casks on stillage. Every day was like a real ale festival.
http://camdennewjournal.com/article/its-soul-destroying-say-bree-louise-landlords-as-hs2-forces-pub-to-close
Nothing new about high-speed rail in Britain, the current crew's doing it all wrong.
Here's some of the old stuff that still works.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnsGhn1pgGQ
There's a lesson here!
Same church, different pew.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/no-clear-end-to-hs2-cost-and-delays-say-mps/ar-AAOGgYb?ocid=msedgdhp
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