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Rival London junkies fight over subsidies

Rival London junkies fight over subsidies  
Paul C
From:Paul C
Subject:Rival London junkies fight over subsidies
Date:Wed, 05 Jan 2005 14:28:37 GMT
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,8209-1404787,00.html

Superlink 'could run at half Crossrail cost'
By Angela Jameson


SUPERLINK, a proposed railway across London, could be built and
operated at half the cost to taxpayers of the existing Crossrail plan.

Superlink’s promoters, Michael Schabas and John Prideaux, yesterday
said that Crossrail would require a subsidy of £6.4 billion from the
taxpayer, while Superlink would need just £3.2 billion from the public
purse.................






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