On 28 Apr, 18:53, Paul Corfield wrote:
Only in Belgium could they spend a fortune on tunnels and then not use
them.

In Manchester they built a series of substantial tram underpasses as
part of the 2002 Commonwealth Games site, but didn't bother building a
tram line to go with them:

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?ie=...d042f&t=h&z=16
http://tinyurl.com/dhuato

The line has only just got funding. Not far away, on a different
unbuilt branch, they've built this huge lavish elevated station:
http://www.gifford.uk.com/ProjectProfiles.asp?id=28

And a unique finback and surely-very-pretty bridge taking the non-
existent trams over the railway - which I can't find a picture of
because it's invisible from the street. Again, the line has only just
got funding.

Birmingham Moor Street station had its terminus platforms restored
several years ago and there's still no prospect of them being
connected to the main line.

And in London - the Thameslink ECML tunnels are going to have sat
empty for at least 10 years, and Stratford International will likely
never live up to its name.

U