Just when you think visiting Australia can't be any stranger, the Brits turn up a new one by discovering the resting place of the first person to circumnavigate Australia while renovating a train station. Remember, kids, always use lead for your coffin plate so if you are lost for a few centuries, people who find you will know who you are.
(Score: 2) by Whoever on Saturday January 26 2019, @05:10PM (4 children)
And further north, to Manchester and Leeds
(Score: 4, Funny) by bob_super on Saturday January 26 2019, @05:15PM (2 children)
That's a couple hundred miles. Just add six more lanes on the highway and stop wasting money on trains!
Regards,
Americans
(Score: 2) by kazzie on Saturday January 26 2019, @06:49PM
Actually, HS2 is effectively adding two tracks to the existing four-track line to Birmingham, Manchester, etc., to give a six-lane railway.
Yes, we've got that many people commuting into London by rail. And we're running out of space to put on more/longer trains.
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 27 2019, @09:00AM
Canberra is trying to build its first tram.
Sydney has taken a couple of years to upgrade its trams with no end in sight.
Best not to ask about Melbourne.
For reference.
(Score: 2, Informative) by driverless on Sunday January 27 2019, @02:12PM
For people from the US reading this, Manchester is a small fishing village just north of Unst, and Leeds is a former mining town down by the border near St Ives.