Colin have added some paragraphs to your piece above.
I would recommend to all, as Ive said recently on the frontpage, the liberal use of paragraphs with white spaces. It always helps the guy the other end read it all...it helps get the your message read..which is the general idea in the first place.
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Yes Ive seen a report recently about a new line opening in Scotland too. I think it was Scotland. So investment in the railway is coming back. Ideally it would have been best if it was nationally owned but politicians used British Rail as a political football and spoiled what could have been a national asset owned by the people for the people. Its now owned by big business.
However fair do's, the investment is now being made again and thats great. The downside is the cost of tickets to train travel. Once upon a time airtravel was so expensive, now the price of that has come way down and the cost of rail travel has gone through the roof...its a pity. Trains were responsible for the rise in the British seaside holiday, because the masses could afford to travel, what went wrong?