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Hitting the buffers — when rail fails

Bold projections and frustrating results

Artillery Row Podcast

Professor Jeremy Black and Graham Stewart discuss why rail projects often end up mired in delays and cancellations, from Facebook’s bridge to nowhere to HS2.

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