asperity Posted December 18, 2016 Report Share Posted December 18, 2016 It would be cheaper to knock down Birmingham and rebuild it 20 minutes closer to London. Discuss (politely). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Sid Posted December 18, 2016 Report Share Posted December 18, 2016 Why rebuild it? :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egbert Posted December 18, 2016 Report Share Posted December 18, 2016 I'll have you know you are speaking of the city of my birth - although I did leave before I was three! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted January 10, 2017 Report Share Posted January 10, 2017 Seems a new hyper transit system is in the early stages of development, that could do London to Edinburgh in 45 mins. So does this make HS2 redundant ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Sid Posted January 10, 2017 Report Share Posted January 10, 2017 I do have to wonder how many Scottish mp's are in parliament that we need to get from London to Edinburgh in 45 mins, mind you it will stop all that claiming for second houses but then again the daily expenses would probably rise. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grey_man Posted January 11, 2017 Report Share Posted January 11, 2017 The way things are going, HS2 won't get past Birmingham. HS2 Ltd is haemorrhaging executives and questions continue to be raised by Parliamentary committees whether the money could be spent far more effectively. The answer, just to remove any doubt, is YES, as every single independent report proves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Confused52 Posted January 13, 2017 Report Share Posted January 13, 2017 Why are people still obsessing about journey times. The problem HS2 is trying to solve is congestion on the West Cost Main Line south of Rugby as well as lack of capacity on the East Coast and Midland Main lines. The local issue at Culcheth is probably about freight capacity to Crewe and the Port Warrington proposals will make that problem worse but is supported by the council whilst HS2 isn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted January 13, 2017 Report Share Posted January 13, 2017 Perhaps we should start re-thinking our travel requirements, we've got most of the plebs who work in London now commuting from as far as Bristol, cos they can't afford to live in the City; why not start moving the institutions out of London or have folk working from home ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davy51 Posted January 13, 2017 Report Share Posted January 13, 2017 That what i say about HS2 ,it is all about expanding the London commuter belt. The need for high speed travel for the sake of it is negligible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparky71 Posted January 13, 2017 Report Share Posted January 13, 2017 I can currently get to London from Warrington Bank Quay in 1 hour 50 minutes, that's fast enough for me. If I wanted to get there using HS2. I would have to drive to some massive car park in Lowton or whatever, leave my car there and I can't see the extra cost of a ticket being worth the extra 30 minutes in the capital. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazj Posted January 14, 2017 Report Share Posted January 14, 2017 Just leave half an hour earlier... surely the vast vast majority of people don't have to be so precise with times and can't afford a bit of flexibility? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoffrey Settle Posted March 12, 2017 Report Share Posted March 12, 2017 On 13/01/2017 at 1:43 PM, observer said: Perhaps we should start re-thinking our travel requirements, we've got most of the plebs who work in London now commuting from as far as Bristol, cos they can't afford to live in the City; why not start moving the institutions out of London or have folk working from home ? Looks like the BBC have been successful - I've just written a piece on the impact of HS2 on the impact on Nature Conservation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted June 15, 2017 Report Share Posted June 15, 2017 Is HS2 redundant ? Now we seem to have an even faster "hyper-loop" system on offer, travelling at 700mph. However, it would seem most of the same arguments about need, land take, routing etc would still apply. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Confused52 Posted June 15, 2017 Report Share Posted June 15, 2017 No, HS2 is not about speed alone but about total capacity on HS2, WCML, ECML and Midland Main Line taken together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Sid Posted June 16, 2017 Report Share Posted June 16, 2017 But do we really need it, video conferencing and the like can do away with the need for time consuming travel. Build a new line by all means to take freight but there is no need for it to have the ability to take high speed trains. Trains that can do 700mph so london to manchester in about forty minutes allowing for getting up to speed and then slowing down at the other end. (given the distance it would probably not get up to top speed before it needed to start slowing down again) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grey_man Posted June 16, 2017 Report Share Posted June 16, 2017 14 hours ago, Confused52 said: No, HS2 is not about speed alone but about total capacity on HS2, WCML, ECML and Midland Main Line taken together. That's only partly true because at certain points it will reduce capacity. It's also true that the capacity issues are mainly south of Milton Keynes so it would have been far wiser to do something less expensive and more intelligent alongside major investment in connectivity between different cities in the rest of the country. This was all argued in The Eddington Report, which was ignored once the rail industry realised the government was prepared to sign a blank cheque for a rail line that made it feel good. I'm willing to bet there's only a 50 50 chance HS2 will get to Phase 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davy51 Posted August 16, 2017 Report Share Posted August 16, 2017 And now rail fares are likely to increase at 3% plus,once more outstripping inflation to provide ,it has been said, the £40 billion to rejuvenate & refurbish the existing rail network. Just a drop in the ocean compared to the cost of HS2 & could be paid for out of earmarked HS2 funds. Better to keep fares down & people using the railways rather than forcing commuters back onto our creaking roads. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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