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Via Bldgblg. Spurring my big infrastructure fetish. Read over the weekend about a proposed “Heathrow Hub” that would tie a third runway at the airport to a high speed rail link connecting Europe, London and the North of England via the UK’s biggest station to be positioned just north of the existing airport. This country so badly needs a high speed rail link it’s not even true. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: hang the cost, let’s build a London to Edinburgh maglev link and in a stroke catapault ourselves into the first rank (again) of global engineering. It would generate jobs and innovation whilst providing a platform for future growth that would be providing revenue for decades to come.

Instead of this we got a couple of % off flat screen TVs. Pathetic. I for one am hoping for the Heathrow Hub.

Err Disclosure: I do not live in west London.