News article on main line to the south west

Plymboi

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Re: News article on main line to the south west

« Reply #15 on: March 08, 2013, 02:48:11 »

How can you suggest that plymouth the largest area in Devon and Cornwall becomes a branch line is absolutely absurd.


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swrural

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Re: News article on main line to the south west

« Reply #16 on: March 08, 2013, 12:34:59 »

I don't think anyone was??


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Umberleigh

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Re: News article on main line to the south west

« Reply #17 on: March 08, 2013, 18:45:46 »

Quote from: Plymboi on March 08, 2013, 02:48:11

How can you suggest that plymouth the largest area in Devon and Cornwall becomes a branch line is absolutely absurd.

Plymouth not a branch, but rather one unit from Plymouth and one unit from Cornwall joining either at Exeter or Okehampton.

(a unit being a 6-8 coach high speed train).


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swrural

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Re: News article on main line to the south west

« Reply #18 on: March 08, 2013, 19:09:24 »

I thought the thrust of Grecian's vision for the Devon & Cornwall area was to reproduce the A30 and A38 in strategy terms. In other words there would be this spine route (A30) off of which would stem the re-instated Plymouth route, which itself would continue over the Tamar bridge as now to SE Cornwall and join up further down.

As icing on the cake, the new Haldon route would enable access to Torbay and from Aller on to Plymouth (still).

One has to be careful with this Cornwall stuff. I heard Paddy Ashdown once confessing that he had started a speech in Saltash by saying 'it's good to be back in Devon'. Grin


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