On Dec 21, 1:55*am, "Doctor Drivel" wrote:
"The Natural Philosopher" wrote in ...

'Just a lot of people who never grew out of train sets: hugely expensive
way to move stuff around: roads much cheaper'

Trains are very cheap and FAST being on segregated tracks.

Though dedicated bus roads (or something like the Marmite-esque Cambs
Busway) achieve the same thing.

That tends to fall down with very high passenger loads (e.g. London
commuting) and with high speeds (125mph in a manually driven road
coach is unlikely to be safe, and I'm not sure guideway technology is
up to it either).

Neil