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The state of British railway network

A new high-speed track linking Paris to London was inaugurated on August 4th, by a Eurostar that was three minutes late. Travel writer Simon Calder comments. "Showing how lamentable Britain's rail network has become is easy; explaining why is much tougher. The primary cause is decades of lack of political belief, from both main parties, that the railways should provide mobility for the masses. As Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher shunned the train on both a personal and political level; John Major presided over a botched privatisation that saw funds diverted from investment to shrewd investors' pockets; and successive Labour transport secretaries have said all the right things in the House about greener travel, while showing no great vision about how to achieve it. Spain, well behind Britain two decades ago and saddled with an antiquated network and a mix of gauges, has ploughed billions of euros into new lines and trains that are so reliable that fares are refunded in the event of a delay of five minutes."

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