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The excitement generated by the St Pancras opening has caused a new wave of chatter about building more high-speed rail. However John Grimshaw questions the purpose if it simply causes people to travel further, while a letter in transporttimes questions the received wisdom that high-speed rail would kill demand for internal flights. There is plenty of evidence to the contrary, with good air-service on TGV served routes such as Paris to Lyon or ES high speed rail routes like Milan to Rome.