They know a kick in the teeth when they see one. They can spot when a government had pledged £96bn for rail in the North and Midlands - which, divvied up, works out at about £6bn for Greater Manchest… (View Post)

HS2, by taking trains off the WCML, would free up more paths for, for example, trains from London to North Wales. But if you're still using the WCML north of Birmingham, that can't happen. … (View Post)

Yes, also creates a bottleneck at Stockport. (View Post)

Fishergate (Preston City Centre's main drag) is pretty much a poster child for how to make a car-dominated, congested, unappealing, economically failing street into a pleasant pedestrian-dominat… (View Post)

ChatGPT, Give me an angry diatribe about why Rishi Sunak should not cut HS2 to Manchester. ChatGPT: Give me an angry diatribe about why Rishi Sunak shouldn't cut HS2 to Manchester. ChatGPT I am … (View Post)