A grand idea, but what benefit to the engineering and service companies in the North, aside from the construction phase? All it will achieve is to facilitate better access to London and the South-east. Now, if it were to handle freight or if that could be improved on existing lines, there may be some benefit. But most of the engineering and production/manufacturing facilities have long gone elsewhere in the world. So all it will ultimately do is marginally speed up the movement of people.
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