Emeritus Prof Christopher May6d ago

Ha ha ha.... the disgrace that is HS2 just gets worse.

Now, to save money the Govt. has decided to reduce the top speed of trains on the new lines (thereby reducing the specifications of the system & making it cheaper to construct).

Whatever might think of the original conception of High Speed Rail, this project has demonstrated the difficulty the UK in actually delivering infrastructure projects (and specifically railways).

Just ludicrous

#railways #HS2 #politics
h/t FT

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@ChrisMayLA6

Q1. Who benefits from extending the timelines and inflating the in-programme costs?

Q2. Who is paid to stop that happening?

Is there an asymmetry there?

Mar 22 at 6:32pmWeb