https://www.southyorkshire-ca.gov.uk/news/article/northern-powerhouse-rail

Absolutely wonderful news.

The comments from the hard of thinking on the Facebook share, on the other hand, make me shudder for the future.

What we have is a huge investment both in rail and tram infrastructure throughout South Yorkshire improving reliability, speeds, increasing electrification and providing an additional station for Rotherham where two lines come together (the obvious location for a railway interchange - see photo).

So what do those with the mental capacity of a hotdog sausage think?

🔸The station is in the wrong place. It should be in the town centre" (see stations : Rotherham station)
🔸 We've already got Masborough Station (which closed in 1987 when Rotherham Central opened)
🔸 The trams hardly get used (try finding a seat during rush hour on a tram, or when there's an event on at the arena, or even when there's a football match on)

It's the typical scenario with the UK to be honest. An improvement to a service is announced and all the people who never use the service chime in about what is there already is absolutely fine (despite them never using it) and how we should spend the money on the roads. Always roads.

Oh and keeping small boats out.

Make sure you stick a 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧 at the end, just so we can all remember what our flags look like.

#stupidpeople #hardofthinking #dumbpeople #railways #investment #labourparty #tramtrain #trains #rotherham #southyorkshire #northernpowerhouserail #northernpowerhouse

@rcbevans @MattMerk @JorgeStolfi @duckwhistle @westtexasjesus

👆 It didn't require votes (from, largely apathetic, #HardOfThinking eejits).

Let's check back on it in, say, a few millennia...! 🙂