Mex@feddit.uk to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 1 year agoNetwork Rail to set up property company to deliver 40,000 homesnews.sky.comexternal-linkmessage-square14linkfedilinkarrow-up132
arrow-up132external-linkNetwork Rail to set up property company to deliver 40,000 homesnews.sky.comMex@feddit.uk to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square14linkfedilink
minus-squareMex@feddit.ukOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 year 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-squareBeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year 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-squareohulancutash@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 year 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.
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.