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UK 'lagging behind speedy Europe'

Discussion in 'On Track.' started by stepney60, Sep 6, 2007.

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    Eurostar has made its inaugural journey on a new 186mph (300km/h) line from Folkestone to London, but when it comes to high-speed links, why is the UK so far behind its European neighbours?

    When the TGV track from Paris to Lille first opened in 1993 - a year before the Channel Tunnel opened - the then French president Francois Mitterrand chided Britain for its technological backwardness.

    "Next year, we will set off at high speed across the northern plains, then push into the Channel Tunnel, and afterwards we will be able to dream at a very slow speed in Britain to admire the landscapes," he said.

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6978427.stm
     
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