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[sniper]

on a funnier note - wouldn't the whole train system be too heavy for cyprus and make it start to sink ?

[Oracle]

on a funnier note - wouldn't the whole train system be too heavy for cyprus and make it start to sink ?

Not if we build those magnetic hover trains that float in the air

They can do speeds up to 300 mph!

Problem might be stopping before we reached Turkey

[sniper]

on a funnier note - wouldn't the whole train system be too heavy for cyprus and make it start to sink ?

Not if we build those magnetic hover trains that float in the air

They can do speeds up to 300 mph!

Problem might be stopping before we reached Turkey

Go Oracle !! move cyprus into the space age

[cyprusgrump]

300.000 euros just for the study?? I don't think we need to spend all that money to realize that buses can do the same job cheaper!

i agree. but wouldn't it be more feasible to extent the operation hours of the busses to operate 24 hours and offer a few more trips throughout the day, as opposed to just the one a day.

But trains would be faster (and greener) than buses anyway.

If you could build them by some magic process that didn't include thousands of tonnes of materials and vast energy in the process then of course you would be right...

On initial outlay perhaps, but the benefits of long term use (so long as these aren't derailed again) far outweigh those considerations.

Unless, you are suggesting we should stop investing in the future?

The costs of these things is vast... not just financial but environmental...

Given that we already have a road network, why not use that...? Over time, more environmentally friendly power sources will be developed for the buses...

Like the wind farm, you'll never get back (in efficiency savings) the amount of energy that will be put into producing the steel and concrete to complete the project...

I'm all for investing in the future but lets do it because there is a real need (when we can afford it) not because some unelected bureaucrat in the EU says we must have it...

As has already been pointed out, we don't use the buses we have yet... why not do that first...? How many buses could we get for €300,000?

[wyoming cowboy]

How about spending some money to upgrade the medical facilities in Cyprus.....

[CBBB]

How about spending some money to upgrade the medical facilities in Cyprus.....

Why, are you sick?

[EricSeans]

We do not want any of your remnants of Colonial Rule in Pafos, so we are pleased to be excluded from the network

In any case the taxi drivers would have blown up the lines if they came here!

The taxi drivers need to get their cosy little monopoly broken up by force. Is there still no bus service to and from the airport? If not, why not?

[Tim Drayton]

We do not want any of your remnants of Colonial Rule in Pafos, so we are pleased to be excluded from the network

In any case the taxi drivers would have blown up the lines if they came here!

The taxi drivers need to get their cosy little monopoly broken up by force. Is there still no bus service to and from the airport? If not, why not?

There is now.

[EricSeans]

We do not want any of your remnants of Colonial Rule in Pafos, so we are pleased to be excluded from the network

In any case the taxi drivers would have blown up the lines if they came here!

The taxi drivers need to get their cosy little monopoly broken up by force. Is there still no bus service to and from the airport? If not, why not?

There is now.

Nice one. Does that apply to Larnaca as well? And how come this situation went on for so long, any ideas?

[Oracle]

We do not want any of your remnants of Colonial Rule in Pafos, so we are pleased to be excluded from the network

In any case the taxi drivers would have blown up the lines if they came here!

The taxi drivers need to get their cosy little monopoly broken up by force. Is there still no bus service to and from the airport? If not, why not?

There is now.

Nice one. Does that apply to Larnaca as well? And how come this situation went on for so long, any ideas?

I wonder how quickly other countries would 'recover' if they lost administration of 40% of their territory?