历届政府都允许这种增长,理由是投资和运营铁路网络的成本应由使用者承担,而不是一般纳税人。
Successive governments have permitted such increases on the grounds that the cost of investing in and running the rail network should be borne by those who use it, rather than the general taxpayer.
自战后全盛时期以来,铁路网络已经缩减了约三分之一,但现在全国上下行驶的列车比以往任何时候都多。
The network has shrunk by roughly a third since its postwar heyday, but more trains now trundle up and down the country than ever before.
梅莱斯先生希望中国能领导构建新的铁路网络。
Mr Meles wants China to take a lead in building a new railway network.
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