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Title: Re: Chiltern Mainline: Nice & Fast! Post by: Btline on May 17, 2012, 11:52:27 Who said anything about newts?? :o Calm down, dear! ;D The critically endangered newt happens to be located on the route - despite having being located at every infrastructure project since AD 45. Apparently local Britons were furious when the Romans built the Fosse Way from Bath to Lincoln. A campagin group: "savus nos newtae" was set up and almost derailed the plans. Thankfully, thanks to solid leadership from Emperor Augustus, the bulldozers moved in... and the newts survived. I'm all for protecting nature. But this rail link is a green project. It's not a motorway or airport! This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |