The government announced "£8 billion" worth of investment in the railways yesterday.
Well, actually, they announced a load of things which were already either being built or on the drawing board, and that train passengers will be paying for most of it through sky-high increases in fares.
But it's spun as £8 billion of investment.
So it was good news for Thameslink, Crossrail and Oxfordshire commuters. Bad news for those travelling to London from Wales.
And just to show they weren't focussing exclusively on the capital, the government have thrown a sop to the north-west with electrification of Liverpool-Manchester-Preston.
But my eye was firmly on the new InterCity trains announcement, which we were promised this week. Unfortunately the government have once again delayed the decision.
Hitachi, the preferred bidder, and the Japanese must be looking on with complete disdain.
If the Department for Transport are going to cancel the project, then just bloody say so instead of continually pushing the announcement back.
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