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Bridging the gap at Loughborough

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Old 8th November 2010, 22:18
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Free? In Loughborough? Hah! The only thing free around this town is the air that we breathe, but even that ain't too clean!

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Still free to me I have a bus pass!


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Old 8th November 2010, 22:22
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In this months (soon to be last months) steam railway publications the railway eventually wishes to extend north as far as popssible to link up with the proposed tram route, which could techincally make it work.
Extending south as far as the space centre would also equal things out.
GCR(N) already carries freight from East Leake and the mountsorrel branch is proposed to be used once more to relieve pressure on the Midland Mainline). It is this contract that is hoped might fund part of the project.
Chester station is outside the city centre that it serves, but a free bus link to the centre operates every few minutes. Perhaps thats an option at Loughborough.
Be difficult to go further as landscaping has happened.
So the tram would have to meet the railway.
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Well, when I mean free, I mean if you have a valid train ticket.
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This will be great news if it happens but an obvious question - why will it cost such a phenomenal amount of money???
I think its cheap at the price - why you could get 3 of these links for the price of one Chinese vase !!!
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