I missed the debate on Wednesday because I was in Sheffield. The following morning I had to go to London and that menant arriving at the 'new' St Pancras. I wondered as I walked through the magnificent station if this is what the planners have in mind for Tweedbank?
19 January 2008
The Waverley Line Borders Terminus?
I missed the debate on Wednesday because I was in Sheffield. The following morning I had to go to London and that menant arriving at the 'new' St Pancras. I wondered as I walked through the magnificent station if this is what the planners have in mind for Tweedbank?
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Now come on, we all know you're deliberately Havering!
I expect hectares of magnificent car parks, but will these ease the pressure on the BGH car parks?
If prople have to pay at the wonderful Tweedbank facility, then there will still be a temptation to park at BGH and car share to Edinburgh. However, if parking at the terminus is free, then car sharers will come here instead. A few might even use the trains.
I cannot but help havering it goes with the territory!
I think Rail Sceptic has not fully understood the concept of car sharing – the Tweedbank Terminus will have car parking space for only 280 cars, not "hectares".
Do your own sums Rail Sceptic; 8,000 passengers per day are required for the line to be viable, most are expected to embark at Tweedbank Station. The Promoter, Scottish Borders Council, are basing their plans on real car sharing - at least 10 passengers in each car. So we don't need "hectares" of parking space!
This type of planning is "visionary" (SBC's own word) and as such is a total refutation of Professor Harvie's pronouncement that Borderers are of limited vision living in a backwater.
Well done SBC visionary railway planners, you at least are fit to enter Professor Harvie's brave new words. (not a spelling mistake)
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