Crewe, because of its history, has good rail connections to lots of other places. You nicely illustrate the fallacy of thinking that enhancing Victorian technology- running vehicles on fixed routes - is the answer to 21st century transportation. HS2 greatly shorten the journey time .from one station in London to one station in Manchester. It won't make a significant difference to the journey time between Ealing (a London suburb) and Prestwich (a Manchester suburb) which is typical of the journey's people want to make. The new guy in charge > of delivering HS2 wants it to call at Crewe as well. Why on earth for I > don't know, it's not as if it's a city full of people wanting to go > north/south. --=20 __________________________________________ David C Brown 43 Bings Road Whaley Bridge High Peak Phone: 01663 733236 Derbyshire eMail: dcb.home@gmail.com SK23 7ND web: www.bings-knowle.co.uk/dcb --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .