Maybe they'll do what should have been done for years, particularly on cross-country routes: use dual-mode trains.
Dual mode means a lot of redundant weight. Better to be all electric or just diesel haulled. If it was just the last few miles, you could attach diesel loco, but that is untrendy these days.
It does however confirm what we already that know: that Heathrow cannot be closed, and consequently, there will be no estuary airport.
Not quite. It suggests that the
mandarins want to invest in LHR, and that Boris will
probably be ignored, but this is not certain just yet.
there is no such country as Holland."
Indeed there isn't
It is accepted as a "pars pro toto", ie Holland is used in place of the Netherlands, and that is what the tourist board use, but any formal statistics, and certainly a paper like the D.T., would use Netherlands.
However, Silver was also using England for the UK, which is
completely incorrect.
Then again, Greening thinks Birmingham is in "the north", so maybe there is a job for Silver in the government?