Mex@feddit.uk to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 2 months agoNetwork Rail to set up property company to deliver 40,000 homesnews.sky.comexternal-linkmessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up133arrow-down11
arrow-up132arrow-down1external-linkNetwork Rail to set up property company to deliver 40,000 homesnews.sky.comMex@feddit.uk to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square15fedilink
minus-squareTheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-22 months 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-squareMex@feddit.ukOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·2 months 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-up1·2 months 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-22 months 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.