Originally Posted by
Navpi
Did anybody see last week's Apprentice, OMG one of the new CROSSRAIL stations looked like The Eden Project. And that is just one single station. It puts regional transport infastructure to shame.
When it's investment in London, Whitehall seem to sign off the finer things in life off with a flourish but for everywhere else it's gruel for supper everyday.
Just to note the ‘Eden’ station is Canary Wharf which was privately funded. Regardless the income it generates from commercial lets is infinitely greater than would be the case in your average British town, thus even if public probably wouldn’t fall into the category of “vanity project” or “white elephant”.
Another point to note is that additional rail capacity in London is desperately needed, probably more critically than other areas. While the need for investment is also true outside London, the two shouldn’t be mutually exclusive.