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There is certainly demand for more freight capacity; the ferries seem to be the biggest problem with regular delays. When these delays occur it's not unusual f
by dazc 9y ago
There is certainly demand for more freight capacity; the ferries seem to be the biggest problem with regular delays.
When these delays occur it's not unusual for the serving motorway to double as make-shift lorry park.
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For regular passenger cars, I'm not so sure as it's mostly holiday traffic. Most people travelling for business would use the Eurostar (a regular passenger express) and I don't see much complaints about the capacity of this?
- SideburnsOfDoom 9y agoThe channel tunnel trains are apparently at 54% capacity, so clearly no, at current prices there is no more demand for transport of that mode. https://twitter.com/Ben_e_lux/status/954467087975673857 https://twitter.com/Ben_e_lux/status/954467087975673857 Dropping that price in the near future a bit seems like a much better use of funds than a prolonged and vastly expensive engineering project. But, there's no glory for Boris in that plan. He picks attention-grabbing, simplistic and iconic over quietly getting on with it, sound management and details every time.