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On Mon, 10 Jul 2006 14:35:34 +0100, "Keith W"
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Right we should never make anything which will become obsolete.
Concorde was obsolete before it was built due to its very high
operating cost and small passenger capacity plus the passenger market
that it was aimed at plus of course the excessive noise it made I saw
and heard it once over here on one of its test flights before going
into service .

Obsolete does not mean unprofitable. Perhaps you should
acquire a dictionary.


Why do you think only a few ever went into service at
great expense to the British and French tax payers just has the
channel tunnel is/was in fact but at least ordinary people can afford
to travel via the tunnel, I have been through it four times in either
direction in the last year in fact .


In fact the Channel Tunnel cost the British taxpayer nothing.
The private investors who put up the money lost a bloody fortune
however.

By your definition this makes it obsolete !

Taxpayer money has however been spent on the high speed rail
link between London and the tunnel portal.


29.00 London to any station in Belgium is a good deal I think and much
cheaper than going by any airline and less messing around at the other
end even though the journey will take me 11 hours from here to where I
go in Belgium and the same returning the next day .

The minimum return fare from London to Belgium is £59 and that is only
available
with a 21 day advanced purchase. I frequently use Eurostar between London
and Paris but usually end up paying around £150 for a semi-flexible
ticket


Keith



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