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Double-deck trains: a viable alternative to HS2?

Phil Sulley, Yalding, Maidstone, Kent ME18
19 August 2016
 

I refer to Anthony Evans’ letter in your 5 August 2016 issue regarding the case – or not – for HS2, and commending a read of Simon Jenkins’ recent article in The Guardian. This berates many politicians and transport planners involved for promoting the scheme, which he considers excessively expensive.

Whilst I am not in a position to analyse the matter, it strikes me that to meet the undoubted need for extra capacity between the North, the Midlands and London, there could...

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