Has UK rail's Elizabeth line shown what rail investment can achieve?

by erehwebon 2/21/25, 2:39 PMwith 1 comments
by bell-coton 2/21/25, 2:53 PM

An ever-so-warm and upbeat article. (Which is a Guardian specialty.)

But if you dig a click deeper, you'll see that the one rail line, 73km long, took nearly 15 years and £20bn to build.

If that's what "success" looks like...then don't expect to get much of it anytime soon.