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Our continental neighbours would never build new towns without rail

Philip Bisatt, Taunton, Somerset TA1
10 April 2009
 

I refer to Steve Melia’s Viewpoint (LTT 27 Mar) in which he criticises the exclusion of rail expansion from the DfT’s Menu of Options for Growth Points and Eco-towns.

Without commenting on individual proposals, I do find it astonishing that proposals for major urban development can completely omit new or improved rail connections as part of the transport mix. We have long ceased to be a society where people could be expected to live most of their lives within a few miles of their...

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