Letters to the editor

摘要

With reference to the proposed high-speed rail link between London and Birmingham, 'Experts stay on the right track for rail expansion' (The Engineer, 22 March 2010), there are a few issues that have been missed, at least politically.rnThe first is that of failing to observe that the existing trains operate at 125mph, but were purposely designed for 140mph. With present journey times being approximately one hour 22 minutes, including stops, means that there is scope to improve the existing services by using the trains as they were designed to be used, at 140mph.