Re: Edinburgh Waverley station improvements

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From: angus_creech
Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2006 13:53

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> > That is the supreme irony. The whole of the UK is littered with
> > "unprofitable" roads, but nobody suggests closing them and forcing
> > their users onto something else.
>
> If you compare the money that is spent on the roads with that which is
> raised in the various taxes and levies that the motorist is forced to
> pay then you can seethat the government makes a fortune from them. The
> railways are a net sink for cash.

I think David's reference was to a more general notion of
unprofitability. The problems of traffic congestion cost countless
billions of pounds every year: to industry, commerce at large, and
finally to us as individuals. 

Angus

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