Look what you have to do to get from London to Reading. Or Reading to Bristol. Or Carlisle to Newcastle. Or Birmingham to Sheffield
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I can't comment on the modern viability of Motorail but this network map is just hilarioushttps://twitter.com/MrTimDunn/status/1218091505489010688 …
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London to Reading: 45 miles. On Motorail: 480 miles via St. Austell Reading to Bristol: 77 miles. On Motorail: 502 miles via St. Austell and Worcester Carlisle to Newcastle: 60 miles: On Motorail: 600 miles via London
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Birmingham to Sheffield: 90 miles. On Motorail: 1060 miles via Inverness, Stirling (or Crewe, it doesn't make much difference) and Newton Abbott
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Birmingham to Worcester: 30 miles. On Motorail: 1338 miles via Inverness, Crewe and St. Austell
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Birmingham to Aberdeen: 424 miles. On Motorail: 1549 miles via Inverness, Newcastle and London, in that order
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It seems the network had a singular purpose: deliver Scots and east Englanders to Devon / Cornwall beach holidays. Growing up in Essex with a Scottish father and taking many such holidays, I can confirm the market did at least exist (although sadly we just drove).
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