Mad Eyed Screamer
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Yes but only if the buses were not privatised.
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HS2 - Cancel it now
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Millwallawayveteran1988
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Sorry about that
I'd been going through a rough stage of my life
No it was some bloke talking about multiple marriage breakdowns and never recovering from eating some dodgy Jerk Chicken in London
dickie davies
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@worsleyweb then?No it was some bloke talking about multiple marriage breakdowns and never recovering from eating some dodgy Jerk Chicken in London
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worsleyweb
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I don’t do buses
BrianW
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Sorry but tunnels under Manchester are entirely practicable - it's just a matter of political will and cash. If we were London they would have been built 120 years ago.
Metrolink is not a waste, but it has its limitations. So does every form of transport.
Upgrade buses? You cannot polish a turd. Nor can I imagine buses running at 50 mph over the Bury-Altrincham line without truly massive investment, basically replacing every single bridge and tunnel at enormous expense. They would even then need to be "guided" buses. No one has yet invented a bus that can be run in multiple carrying hundreds of passengers. Nor one with anything like the acceleration and relative passenger comfort of a tram. Travel from Manchester to Whitefield or Bury on a tram, return by 135 bus. See which is more civilised and quicker.
Metrolink is not a waste, but it has its limitations. So does every form of transport.
Upgrade buses? You cannot polish a turd. Nor can I imagine buses running at 50 mph over the Bury-Altrincham line without truly massive investment, basically replacing every single bridge and tunnel at enormous expense. They would even then need to be "guided" buses. No one has yet invented a bus that can be run in multiple carrying hundreds of passengers. Nor one with anything like the acceleration and relative passenger comfort of a tram. Travel from Manchester to Whitefield or Bury on a tram, return by 135 bus. See which is more civilised and quicker.
Lovebitesandeveryfing
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@Millwallawayveteran1988, @dickie davies, @worsleyweb, take a bow! Top, top banter. Still laughing my fucking arse off. What I particularly like is the way the third mentioned doesn't deny anything else. Just being on buses.
dickie davies
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Sorry but tunnels under Manchester are entirely practicable - it's just a matter of political will and cash. If we were London they would have been built 120 years ago.
Metrolink is not a waste, but it has its limitations. So does every form of transport.
Upgrade buses? You cannot polish a turd. Nor can I imagine buses running at 50 mph over the Bury-Altrincham line without truly massive investment, basically replacing every single bridge and tunnel at enormous expense. They would even then need to be "guided" buses. No one has yet invented a bus that can be run in multiple carrying hundreds of passengers. Nor one with anything like the acceleration and relative passenger comfort of a tram. Travel from Manchester to Whitefield or Bury on a tram, return by 135 bus. See which is more civilised and quicker.
How much money has been chucked at Metro link's tram lines and upgrading bridges and roads to accommodate the electrification?
The infrastructure for far better buses was 90% already there
If a tram breaks down, that's it the entire route grinds to a halt. A tram can't pass an already stationary tram. A bus can go round a bus
Lovebitesandeveryfing
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Can’t blame people wanting to get out of Brum as quickly as possible TBF ;-)
True, but that's also an argument for building it to Liverpool. Or rather, a more intelligent project would have been building an undersea line direct out of Albert Dock that comes up somewhere in the middle of the Atlantic ocean.
The Riot Club
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More billions being fucking wasted. Would be nice if the government invested some of this in the armed forces. Stretched thin, not enough equipment and too many contractors ripping off the MoD.
Mad Eyed Screamer
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Yes lets start (or continue) another war somewhere and buy more guns, tanks and fighter planesMore billions being fucking wasted. Would be nice if the government invested some of this in the armed forces. Stretched thin, not enough equipment and too many contractors ripping off the MoD.