WORLD IN BRIEF : BRITAIN : Government Vetoes Funds for Rail Link
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The government said it will not pay for a proposed multibillion-dollar, high-speed rail link between London and an English Channel tunnel. The decision, announced in the House of Commons by Transport Secretary Cecil Parkinson, cast doubt on whether such a link would be built in Britain. One is being built in France. Parkinson said the link’s builders, European Rail Link, have declined to proceed without public funds. Critics say failure to construct such a line would hurt Britain’s trade prospects with the Continent and increase the misery of commuters.
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