A lifetime of contented gazing out at the fields from plentiful seats on reliable trains is now promised – except that the Treasury says it can only be completed by 2018.
And perhaps most of all it's about the place: preferably in a picturesque public square, probably near a church, preferably with plentiful outdoor seating.
Food stalls will be as plentiful as sheltered seating and a new generation of families will file through the gates and create their own memories.
But that was always far less likely than the nightmare scenario - the one in which England took a competition-deadening thrashing in a stadium plentiful in empty seats.
Undergraduates regularly receive text messages from student groups telling them that lines are bearable and seating is plentiful.
Seating is plentiful and comfortable, a concession stand is well stocked, and the ride takes all of 25 minutes.
But at concerts of all these groups, empty seats are plentiful.
It's not just that prices are lower and seats more plentiful — the food is actually better.
The pianist Gary Graffman said recently that when he began attending New York Philharmonic concerts at Carnegie Hall in the 1940's and 50's empty seats were plentiful.
Other tracks have reduced prices as well, but as the series shifts to various cities, empty seats are expected to be plentiful.
