Talk to me about increasing commuter capacity into Leeds, Brum and Manc without HS2. Why, in 13 years, has no one opposed to HS2 come up with a better alternative given the main reason it's being bui… (View Post)
HS2 Phase 2 will be done to the same spec as HS1 and just about every other modern railway on the planet. The mistakes of Phase 1 were massive risk aversion in the treasury and DfT. (View Post)
From memory, it is now ancient memory, the £32bn (???) initial quote was the P50 costings. The P95 cost when first published was mid £40bn's from memory. That was based on a treasury assumption that … (View Post)
Would blocking the M6 and M1 reduce those imbalances then ? Is there a single mayor anywhere on the planet who has ever campaigned for decent rail services to be axed to help improve their local econ… (View Post)