Temporary realignment to allow the Borders to Edinburgh railway to be re-instated...(Searcher will have seen this happening.)
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Edinburgh City by-pass realignment...
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Looks an expensive way to do it, when they extended the Metro system (tram) in Manchester, they had to go under the ring road, two lanes each way, plus it was twin rail track going under it, never broke the surface of the road, one lane was shut at a time as they tunnelled under it...
Whole projects pie in the sky anyway, much like the Edinburgh tram system...
Whole projects pie in the sky anyway, much like the Edinburgh tram system...
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Tells you all about it here...Borders railway
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, like I said, waste of feckin money, get some twat to make a good web site, naw,,, will it ever pay for itself, naw, what's the feckin point, just give the money to the sassenachs that don't even want to come to Edinburgh anyway, remember them getting some old bird out who had been on the last train when no one had cars, thats what I mean, move on, I'm a tax payer, you wanna live in the country, good, just dont expect me to feckin pay for it... keep them pissed until they die, replace them with sheep, and get on with it...PS, and I like trains...
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Eh?
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3am CamThe Lone Ranger wrote:
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Adam Mint wrote:
PS, and I like trains...
I'll simplify it, its a waste of money...The Lone Ranger wrote:
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Just so happens that Vals cousin lives in Clovenfords so it will save us driving down there and they will pick us up at the station , and vice versa ,rather civilised I think but there again I'm sober 
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So you'll be glad to refund the taxpayer the difference on your subsidised rail ticket...
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Probably get it free
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Arghhh, it gets worse...
Doomed I say, doomed...
Doomed I say, doomed...
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Free bus to station [1mile] free train to Gala, free lift to Clovenfords, wonder if refreshments will be free on the train?
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I, Alex will sort it for you...
Doomed I say.............
Doomed I say.............
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The extract is the last paragraph of the article:-
"In 2013 concerns were raised that the project was no longer economically viable due to the failure of a local property boom, which meant a large drop in projected passenger numbers. A business case by consultants Ernst & Young said the pure economic spin-off would amount to only half of the return on the current estimated outlay of £350m. However, Transport Scotland insisted the project remained on course to generate benefits of up to 30% greater than overall costs."
An 80% difference of opinion...
Now if I was a betting man..........
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"In 2013 concerns were raised that the project was no longer economically viable due to the failure of a local property boom, which meant a large drop in projected passenger numbers. A business case by consultants Ernst & Young said the pure economic spin-off would amount to only half of the return on the current estimated outlay of £350m. However, Transport Scotland insisted the project remained on course to generate benefits of up to 30% greater than overall costs."
An 80% difference of opinion...
Now if I was a betting man..........
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Free trains for pensioners? Since when? Nearest bus stop is 6 miles from me so I'll get bugger all anyway. Maybe summer in Scotland and winter in Tenerife then. Nice sailing in Scotland innit.
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Yip free everything in Scotland, if King Alex gets the vote first thing he's gonna do is build a big factory, he going to call it "The Mint", so he can print the stuff...
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AYE YE CAN TAK MA COUNTRY BUT YE CANNAE TAK MA FREEBIES 
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Aye, Salmond got the meaning of that Braveheart film all wrong...
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No it was Gibson messing up his lines [not railway] :Not me Guv:
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Once again, them lurkers have been reading my posts...
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Does nothing positive ever happen in your sad little world?Adam Mint wrote:Once again, them lurkers have been reading my posts...
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I live in a very happy little world, it's political twats wasting my money that pisses me off...
HS2, borders rail line, second forth crossing, Edinburgh tram system, may as well chuck this one in as well, the Leeds tram system, they're either not required or ain't good value for the money spent...
How much we wasting on this independence thing, arghhh, don't get me started...
HS2, borders rail line, second forth crossing, Edinburgh tram system, may as well chuck this one in as well, the Leeds tram system, they're either not required or ain't good value for the money spent...
How much we wasting on this independence thing, arghhh, don't get me started...
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Might as well get these projects out of the way now. That way Scotland will have new trains/trams for nothing when it goes it alone. simples innit!