ikcdab
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New £30m UK train station to open after being closed for 60 years
The mayor said it was "astonishing" that despite having an active railway line no passenger trains have stopped at the location since 1965.
www.express.co.uk
So this is a single platform station with access road and car park for 40 cars. No footbridge, minimal infrastructure.
Yet the cost is £30 million and it going to take 3 years....
Really? Surely a platform can't cost more than a million (a whole large house can be built for £250k), a bit of a carpark, maybe a million and an access road...I think even £5 million would be generous in total. And surely no more than a year at most...
So where does the other £25 million go? I think we all know... It goes to design consultants, h&s consultants and all those looking to pad out 3 years work.
Comments?
Ps .. Having looked at the map, it might be that this also requires track upgrade from freight to passenger, so there might be signalling etc. So maybe it's not as bad as I thought. Still a lot of money though.
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