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    My son lives right next door (in an ex Stationmaster's house) to the existing line to Birmingham in what is a beautiful part of the Cotswolds. Having to travel to London and Birmingham at times for work he is in favour of the new line.

    Those who live in the area of the new line are mainly thinking of their property values and are also afraid of change fearing it will be for the worse. Exactly as those in Kent did when the HS1 was planned or the Channel Tunnel, the countryside in the vicinity of both is just as beautiful except for a narrow stretch either side.

    The alternative of upgrading the existing line might be cheaper but with all the twists and turns will never be as efficient as a straighter new line.

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