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British Network Rail - money infusion

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British Network Rail - money infusion
Posted by morseman on Wednesday, April 15, 2009 6:35 PM

Just read  the British weekly magazine "Railway Herald"      News that Network Rail announcing 35 billion (UK) to build a bigger and better Ry system.            Biggest expansion since the age of Brunel.

Next five years will see more trains, more seats, longer trains, faster trains, Better on-time performance, thousands of new trains introduced.       Major improvements were made in the last five years,  but the next five years will be the greatest ever, and looking into projects in a 30 year plan.

This is just a capsule of what was in the "Railway Herald"

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