In principle, yes. Indeed, that's pretty much the plan - Phase 1 from London to Birmingham; phase 2a from Birmingham to Crewe; phase 2b from Crewe to Manchester. Possible future phases bypassing… (View Post)

To be fair, linkages between Manchester and Liverpool are ok. 6 trains per hour, with two of those being sub-40 minute journeys. It’s not astonishingly good, but it’s not poor. The problem is that re… (View Post)

Ah, that's ok then. ? (View Post)

A delay until a party with fewer prominent HS2 sceptics comes to power? (View Post)

HS2: it's to release capacity. And to provide reliability. And also to provide regeneration benefits. Yet weirdly, these three benefits aren't allowed to be considered when weighing costs a… (View Post)