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Topic: ARUP Makes Plans For High Speed Line (Read 1676 times)
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Lee
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An ambitious plan to build a high-speed rail line north of London via Heathrow – relieving the pressure for a third runway at the airport – is being drawn up by Arup , the influential engineering firm (link below.) http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/transport/article2982649.eceArup’s plan would see the Channel Tunnel line extended west , parallel with the Great Western line. After Heathrow , trains would turn north along the alignment of the Chiltern line , running to Birmingham and Scotland. |
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Industry Insider
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New definition for the 2008 Oxford English Dictionary:
Ambitious [adj.] - A railway project that is less likely to see the light of day than Shergar has of winning next years Grand National.
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WyvusArconius
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hee hee hee  .. maybe we should come up with some FGW related ones... definitions of "service", "punctuality", "reliabilty" ... I'm sure there are plenty more! |
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