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London needs an orbital railway to rival the M25

Brian Dalton - Purley, Surrey, CR8
07 October 2011
 

The M25 is now 25 years old. It suffers frequent congestion, for which widening and signalised controls of access and flow have been seen as suitable remedies.

The presence of the road has increased journeys by road that might have been made by public transport, had it been available. My experience is, in the main, of using the M25 for orbital journeys in the South East sector. Here, orbital journeys by public transport are, effectively, impossible. There is no rail link whatsoever –...

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