HS2 - Cancel it now

[sir baconface]

Adolph Hitler, April 1945.

Do you mean his name change, GDM? It fooled nobody.

 

[Blue Mist]

If it means I can get to London in under an hour then £111 billion seems good value to me.

and if you stay there it will be good value for all of us. :-)

Damn beaten to it by some Swiss guy.

 

[denislawsbackheel]

Only in the UK could modernising the railway to a level enjoyed throughout Europe, and indeed Morocco, be called a vanity project!

 

[peoffrey]

I’ve looked at a Liverpool and Manchester weekend but open fares on the train are now £90. It’s unaffordable and I can’t always book well in advance.

 

[Onholiday(somemightsay)]

Out of curiosity have any viable alternatives been costed to HS2 of how to connect the remote locations in the north to London via the other major cities?

Genuine question

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

What the fcuk’s this got to do with Angelino’s performance, Mr Ewing?

Whoops!

Is this post getting shoved in a random number of threads?

 

[sir baconface]

Is this post getting shoved in a random number of threads?

No, just random posters messing about :)

 

[sir baconface]

Only in the UK could modernising the railway to a level enjoyed throughout Europe, and indeed Morocco, be called a vanity project!

Is that what it achieves? And is it good value?

I’d say it’s vanity in the sense of being a high-stakes project whose progenitors won’t want to back down whatever the level of deviation from original costs and other assumptions.

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

Was speaking to a guy a few weeks ago who has a event venue in Northamptonshire with a lot of land, some of which has been subject to a CPO for HS2, who informed me that even if it doesn’t go ahead he is still due the statutory compensation. Presumably that applies to a lot of land along the proposed route.

For that reason, along with the fact that a significant amount of the preparatory work has been undertaken at both ends, I reckon they’ll press ahead with the Birmingham to London route, but cancel the rest, with the funds (plus) being diverted into intra-northern rail investment in particular.

 

[PannickAtTheDisco]

Was speaking to a guy a few weeks ago who has a event venue in Northamptonshire with a lot of land, some of which has been subject to a CPO for HS2, who informed me that even if it doesn’t go ahead he is still due the statutory compensation. Presumably that applies to a lot of land along the proposed route.

For that reason, along with the fact that a significant amount of the preparatory work has been undertaken at both ends, I reckon they’ll press ahead with the Birmingham to London route, but cancel the rest, with the funds (plus) being diverted into intra-northern rail investment in particular.

Well Manchester - Birmingham needs fixing, as does the transpennine route, Birmingham - Bristol and Cardiff - Swansea. Plus pretty much the entire midlands belt and branches off the east coast mainline. HS2 between London & Birmingham was the most pointless bit imo, but Brum is a black hole for trains.