Mex to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish • 1 month agoNetwork Rail to set up property company to deliver 40,000 homesnews.sky.comexternal-linkmessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up133
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minus-square@TheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish7•edit-21 month agoStrange (or maybe not, I imagine there’s a lot of overlap with the work they do and constructing homes). I won’t complain about more houses being built.
minus-squareMexOPlinkfedilinkEnglish10•1 month agoThe Japanese rail companies use this model, building housing, retail and hotels near their lines to increase ridership. Hell half of London was built this way.
minus-square@BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 month agoAlso built in anti-NIMBY defences. Easy transport for the raw materials too, the more I think about it the more wins there are.
minus-square@ohulancutash@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglish1•edit-21 month agoThe houses will be in insufficient quantity and in poor location to make rail transport of materials viable. The houses are going where the goods sidings used to be.
Strange (or maybe not, I imagine there’s a lot of overlap with the work they do and constructing homes).
I won’t complain about more houses being built.
The Japanese rail companies use this model, building housing, retail and hotels near their lines to increase ridership.
Hell half of London was built this way.
And most of the u.s.
Also built in anti-NIMBY defences. Easy transport for the raw materials too, the more I think about it the more wins there are.
The houses will be in insufficient quantity and in poor location to make rail transport of materials viable. The houses are going where the goods sidings used to be.