Yes, about greenness, then you start talking about cheap.
Yes, about greenness, then you start talking about profitability.
So why not just ask whether they are green instead of conflatuing the issue with cheapness and profitability.
Due to the uinclear question.
MBQ
It wasn't just mne then :-)
MBQ
One track there, one track back.
It's nearer 800 miles of track,
But the original point was:
"To drive an extra train from London to Edinburgh (just to make it a one-stage journey example) may well require less fuel per passenger than flying an extra plane. But that's just the marginal cost. If you have to include a fraction of the maintenance cost of 500 miles of track, overhead wires, bridges, signals etc, then things *may* look different."
If you were talking about a "one-stage" car journey to Edinburgh you wouldn't even think of 800 miles of road even though the whole route is probably dual carriageway by now.
Controversially the A1 in parts of Northumberland is still single carriageway.
Or there's the longer route via the M6 and Glasgow which may be dual carriageway.
Not a part of the country I am familiar with. Just had a look at the map and surprisingly the majority of the A1 north of Morpeth is single carriageway.
Almost all Motorway and the rest dual carriageway.
My ancient copy of AA Milemaster would give a shorter route bypassing Glasgow on the A702 which is only single carriageway.
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