No mention of new stations or new lines which would cost in the short term but pay off in the long term; both financially and in reducing operational carbon use.
Might be vaguely excited if it was £5bn of new construction, though over five years even that is a *lot* less than we actually need to get moving in the right direction.
It isn’t, alas it looks a lot more like it is just the bare-arsed minimum of maintenance, upgrades and climate change mitigation that H.M. Treasury deigns to permit us (and the UK at large), and unsuprisingly for H.M. Treasury [it looks like it will be a real-terms reduction on CP6’s £42bn.](https://www.railengineer.co.uk/network-rail-announces-cp6-spending-plans-of-42-billion/)
A drop in the ocean of investment needed to bring us anywhere near where our rail lines need to be. But a very welcome drop non the less.
Is any of the investment actually for new lines or stations?
“Across Britain, Network Rail will invest a total of £45.4bn over the course of Control Period 7”
So it looks like we are getting approx population share of the funding. Doesn’t sound like it is being driven by need.
In Uddingston they just spent £5m building an accessible bridge with a lift even though there was an accessible route between the two platform using the main road and an older bridge.
There’s money it’s just being spent on stupid things.
Hopefully they get it right because ScotRail is a absolute joke just now
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No mention of new stations or new lines which would cost in the short term but pay off in the long term; both financially and in reducing operational carbon use.
Might be vaguely excited if it was £5bn of new construction, though over five years even that is a *lot* less than we actually need to get moving in the right direction.
It isn’t, alas it looks a lot more like it is just the bare-arsed minimum of maintenance, upgrades and climate change mitigation that H.M. Treasury deigns to permit us (and the UK at large), and unsuprisingly for H.M. Treasury [it looks like it will be a real-terms reduction on CP6’s £42bn.](https://www.railengineer.co.uk/network-rail-announces-cp6-spending-plans-of-42-billion/)
A drop in the ocean of investment needed to bring us anywhere near where our rail lines need to be. But a very welcome drop non the less.
Is any of the investment actually for new lines or stations?
“Across Britain, Network Rail will invest a total of £45.4bn over the course of Control Period 7”
So it looks like we are getting approx population share of the funding. Doesn’t sound like it is being driven by need.
In Uddingston they just spent £5m building an accessible bridge with a lift even though there was an accessible route between the two platform using the main road and an older bridge.
There’s money it’s just being spent on stupid things.
Hopefully they get it right because ScotRail is a absolute joke just now
Toilet doors locket wtf
Megabus is easier to book and guaranteed a seat