The Opposite of Death By A Thousand Cuts
Sometimes we just concentrate on how austerity generally means cuts, cuts and more cuts. But in this month’s edition of Modern Railways there is an example of the opposite. East Coast, the company that runs services from London to the North and Scotland, has just introduced Operation Peppercorn, which is series of many small upgrades to increase the capacity of the route and get the London to Edinburgh time under four hours. Perhaps, it’s just looking after the pennies and letting the pounds look after themselves in an engineering sense.
There is no references to Operation Peppercorn on the web, which is a pity, as many would benefit by reading the article, which shows that small amounts of money targetted at a problem, can often make a big improvement in a short time.
The Anonymous Widower 
I think that approach would be appropraite to school buildings as well. This country can not afford and doesnt need a rebuild of every school as was intended under the labour government.
Comment by Liz P | July 22, 2010 |
[…] London. This compares with a fastest journey now of about four hours twenty minutes, although Operation Peppercorn is aiming for the magic four hours flat for the fastest trains with a stop at Newcastle. Glasgow […]
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