[pbowler]

I think its fantastic that the Sheffield London line is going to be electrified buy I don't think the tax payer should foot the bill, after all the government of the day privatised the rail sysyem to save money. Since privatisation the rail companies receive 5x the amount of subsidy that British Rail received (just think what a great system we would have had under B/R with that sort of money) so a good part of that will go towards dividend paid to shareholders. I don't want to be a kill joy and we need a good rail network but this is my honest opinion.