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rosenstiel@cix.compulink.co.uk · April 24th 17, 02:23 AM posted to uk.transport.london

In article , (Roland Perry)
wrote:

In message , at 15:04:54 on Sat, 22 Apr
2017, d remarked:

There I agree with you, though I think heavy rail would have been the
better solution for St Ives.

I do wonder if some brown envelopes changed hands to get this busway
built.

Most of the money was a government grant (until the project went into
crazy-overspend mode).

I can't see any other good reason for a perfectly servicable railway to
be ripped up and replaced with an inferior alternative.

It wasn't serviceable, and all the stations were gone.

No they weren't. Indeed some of the buildings and platforms are still there.

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Colin Rosenstiel