Network Rail to set up property company to deliver 40,000 homes

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• martini1992@lemmy.ml ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  “Sorry to the inhabitants of the proposed Stevenson Avenue, your road has been cancelled due to leaves on the plot, a member of staff will guide you to our tent replacement service.”

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  • StarlightDust@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Leaves on the line are actually a surprisingly nasty issue since they screw up adhesion. There was a nasty crash last year because of it that cut off a good chunk of Wales from the rest of the network.

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    • martini1992@lemmy.ml ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Oh I don’t doubt it. Doesn’t stop it being a cliché though :P

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• Zip2@feddit.uk ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I can see this ending with replacement mobile homes.

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• TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Strange. But I won’t complain about more houses being built.

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  • Mex@feddit.uk ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    The Japanese rail companies use this model, building housing, retail and hotels near their lines to increase ridership.

    Hell half of London was built this way.

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    • Highstronaught@feddit.uk ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      And most of the u.s.

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    • BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Also built in anti-NIMBY defences. Easy transport for the raw materials too, the more I think about it the more wins there are.

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• deadcatbounce@reddthat.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  “I’m afraid that you will not be allowed into your house today. The Met Office [or whatever it’s called today] has said that the weather pattern is for snow. Unfortunately, it’s the wrong type for your local. Please make alternative living arrangements until further notice.”

  Why not? They’ve failed miserably at delivering cost effective rail transport - it’s cheaper to fly on Ryanair to Spain and back to the local nearest destination airport - they might as well have a go at fucking up housing.

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  • FarceOfWill@infosec.pub ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    But network rail don’t run any trains

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    • HumanPenguin@feddit.uk ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Never let facts get in the way of a good joke.

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• insinerate@feddit.uk ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Do we all have to stand up in them?

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• Patch@feddit.uk ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Both Network Rail and LCR have already been working in this space for a long time; this is more about increasing the scale than about doing something new.

  Reading is an interesting example; all those big towers and blocks that have sprung up around the station in the last decade? The vast majority are on what was previously railway land.

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