New Posts For Thread: What you get for your moneyhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31627461/what-you-get-for-your-money£124billion - an International Space Station.£118billion - an Apollo programme with 6 human explorations of the Lunar surface.£106billion (at time of writing) - a new train.HS2 will see house prices surge up north. I don’t wish this on them. Carnage down south.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31627461/what-you-get-for-your-money?post_id=558822565#558822565HS2 will see house prices surge up north. I don’t wish this on them. Carnage down south.Tue, 11 Feb 2020 10:49:43 -0600Do people travel less today than they did twenty years ago?https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31627461/what-you-get-for-your-money?post_id=558822465#558822465Do people travel less today than they did twenty years ago?Tue, 11 Feb 2020 10:31:46 -0600How many seats per train? How many people will wish to travel in 20 years time?https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31627461/what-you-get-for-your-money?post_id=558822139#558822139How many seats per train? How many people will wish to travel in 20 years time?Tue, 11 Feb 2020 09:18:18 -060018 trains to and from Manchester PER HOUR.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31627461/what-you-get-for-your-money?post_id=558822071#55882207118 trains to and from Manchester PER HOUR.Tue, 11 Feb 2020 09:01:07 -0600Building it will be relatively cheap. Running it and maintaining it will cost far more over the following 20 years. I would expect at least 70% of the fare to come from the taxpayer and even then it will lose money. Only last week, an Italian companyhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31627461/what-you-get-for-your-money?post_id=558821559#558821559Building it will be relatively cheap. Running it and maintaining it will cost far more over the following 20 years. I would expect at least 70% of the fare to come from the taxpayer and even then it will lose money. Only last week, an Italian companyTue, 11 Feb 2020 07:31:35 -0600Main problem is that it has taken us so long to do it.The longer it was left the greater the cost as it had to be built around the ever increasing, existing stuff.We are living off the labours of the victorians and successive generations in terms ofhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31627461/what-you-get-for-your-money?post_id=558821409#558821409Main problem is that it has taken us so long to do it.The longer it was left the greater the cost as it had to be built around the ever increasing, existing stuff.We are living off the labours of the victorians and successive generations in terms ofTue, 11 Feb 2020 06:48:49 -0600The tracks will run in two directions.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31627461/what-you-get-for-your-money?post_id=558821245#558821245The tracks will run in two directions.Tue, 11 Feb 2020 06:03:46 -0600Seriously, why would anybody be in a hurry to get to Leeds, Birmingham, Manchester etc.? Rather like turkeys voting for Christmas.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31627461/what-you-get-for-your-money?post_id=558821243#558821243Seriously, why would anybody be in a hurry to get to Leeds, Birmingham, Manchester etc.? Rather like turkeys voting for Christmas.Tue, 11 Feb 2020 06:02:40 -0600It’s not even the greatest city in Londonhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31627461/what-you-get-for-your-money?post_id=558821177#558821177It’s not even the greatest city in LondonTue, 11 Feb 2020 05:45:47 -0600""Everybody knows that London is the greatest city on earth""https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31627461/what-you-get-for-your-money?post_id=558821149#558821149""Everybody knows that London is the greatest city on earth""Tue, 11 Feb 2020 05:39:52 -0600