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Colin Rosenstiel · December 15th 07, 05:42 PM posted to uk.transport.london

In article ,
(Tom Anderson) wrote:

You're right about a cross-country link, but it's not Oxford to
Cambridge, it's from Ipswich to Nuneaton. The tracks are there, but
the route isn't suitable for freight trains. If it was, traffic
between Felixstowe and the West Midlands (which is most of the
traffic through Felixstowe) could go that way rather than via
London.

Er, it's not W10 gauge and can't therefore take 9'6" containers on
standard wagons but it carries a good deal of freight, I can assure you!

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Colin Rosenstiel