Removing one high speed train from the old ECML, WCML or MML and putting it on HS2 provides paths for 3 commuter or freight trains. The major failure from todays announcement is that those intercity … (View Post)

From about 5mins this gives a really good explanation of why HSw2 offers those local benefits well away from the new line. Those local benefits will no longer happen away from the missing line.... ht… (View Post)

Upgrading existing lines is far more disruptive than building new ones. See how disruptive and how little the WCML upgrade delivered. (View Post)

The reason they don't use the railway is because it is shit in their areas, not that they don't care about this. When they see vastly better services promised then taken away meaning they a… (View Post)

Many on here were predicting herd immunity well before now leading to falling cases, hospital admissions and deaths. Those armchair experts clearly were not very expert. (View Post)