Why city must have a second rail station
YOUR correspondent Mark Nicholls (January 29) has managed to refine the skill of missing the point to a fine art.
He claims that my proposal for a twin-terminal solution to the question of the delays caused by Lincoln's High Street railway crossing would prevent the passage of freight traffic.
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HEAVY GOODS: A freight train passing through Lincoln holds up traffic at the High Street and Brayford Wharf East crossings.
Of course it would.
The people of Lincoln gain absolutely nothing from freight trains passing through the city.
The fact that most of this freight comes from Immingham is irrelevant.
There are other routes it can take, none of which involve the absurd notion of passing through a population centre such as Lincoln.
Your correspondent then goes on to say that there is far too much traffic in the centre of the city anyway.
So why, then, go on to propose continuing to cause traffic jams in Lincoln city centre?
Far better to let traffic flow freely.
Then, of course, Mr Nicholls resorts to the environment to support his case.
Yet, for some reason, he considers that freight trains continuing to pass through Lincoln while immobilised traffic pumps vast amounts of carbon monoxide into the air is an environmentally sound idea.
All in all, according to your correspondent, the people living and working in Lincoln have to accept the delays, the inconvenience, the pollution and the additional costs incurred by the continuation of freight trains that use the city simply as a short-cut.
Not good enough, Mr Nicholls.
My proposal may be considered total lunacy and ridiculous, but it remains a practical, low-cost solution to a problem which, far from being intractable, can, and must, be dealt with.
E. C. COLEMAN Well Street, Bishop Norton.
3 Comments
by lynn, lincoln
Friday, February 05 2010, 10:59AM
“Mr Sneer, why have you decided to hide behind another name?”
by The Anti-socialist, Lincoln
Thursday, February 04 2010, 5:46PM
“"My proposal may be considered total lunacy and ridiculous, but it remains a practical, low-cost solution to a problem which, far from being intractable, can, and must, be dealt with."
It remains nothing of the sort, because it was never that in the first place, for reasons outlined below.
You really do not have the faintest idea about any of the issues on which you pontificate.
The most challenging aspect of your missives is deciding whether they're tragic or comic.”
by ian, Lincoln
Thursday, February 04 2010, 9:39AM
“"The people of Lincoln gain absolutely nothing from freight trains passing through the city."
There is a gain to Lincoln. Without the freight trains passing though Lincoln the railway line will not be viable and then would be at risk of closure along with the station.
It is easy to come up with local solutions, but you must consider the bigger picture.”