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invenio78 t1_j7v39y3 wrote

Is there any actual data on how many people would utilize this service and the expected cost?

I see lots of people with extreme opinions (pro and con) in posts here but I would argue that it would be worthwhile to have a rough idea of what the cost per passenger is. There are other potential public transportation options such as busses that may (or may not) be much cheaper and easier to implement. Or perhaps there are simply not enough people that do a daily commute from Manchester/Boston to support a railway.

All I'm saying is where is the data?

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batmansmotorcycle t1_j7v3oca wrote

The executive council recently killed funding for the study that would have told us that

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invenio78 t1_j7v3vzf wrote

Then I would argue that we should perhaps support funding of a study, but not the railway (yet).

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batmansmotorcycle t1_j7vkqjh wrote

That was the plan. Now they wanna enshrine it’s death in stone I guess.

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ZacPetkanas t1_j7w54d4 wrote

> The executive council recently killed funding for the study that would have told us that

Yep. The report was overdue but it seemed like a waste to only get the interim report. I wonder if that's available?

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