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On Mon, 13 Nov 2017 16:57:20 +0000, "Richard J."
wrote: Mark Goodge wrote on 13 Nov 2017 at 16:45 ... On Mon, 13 Nov 2017 15:28:49 -0000 (UTC), Recliner wrote: Certes wrote: On 13/11/17 10:29, Recliner wrote: I'm surprised our hyperactive Cambridge and Ely correspondents haven't posted this story: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/plan-for-underground-line-to-run-under-cambridge-centre-s29mmk858?shareToken=0fdf69714488066c31bc93f5152e2 fd0 That's going to make Edinburgh Council look like a paragon of financial prudence. Especially as it'll be "Britain’s first new underground railway in decades", so there are no workers available with recent experience of tunnelling in, say, London. Huh? Crossrail, HS2 and the Northern line extension all have significant London tunnels. By the time this scheme gets underway, Crossrail 2 might also be underway or even completed, as might the Bakerloo extension. By "new" they mean a new city, as the article goes on to make clear when you read it in full. London already has several underground railways. Yes, the article is not totally ignorant about other recent underground railways in Britain. But the opening statement (perhaps added by a sub-editor?) "Britain’s first new underground railway in decades..." is just plain wrong. It's perfectly correct if you assume that "railway" means a network, not just a line. The London Underground is "a railway" in the same sense that, say, the LNER was a railway. Mark |
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