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 bein… (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 … (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)

But I do not understand, I really do not understand how people can take such an opinionated position on something that they have so limited knowledge on. As an observer of HS2 from day one it is very… (View Post)