HS2 and railfreight hype
Proponents of HS2 have intimated that transfer of passenger traffic from the legacy track would release capacity for more freight.
But the details of what that cargo would be and why it should suddenly switch to rail is unclear, wrote Newcastle University research associate Phil Mortimer, in December 2013’s Rail Professional.
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http://www.railpro.co.uk/magazine/?idArticles=1867
richie40
January 12, 2014 at 12:26 am