Emeritus Prof Christopher MayMar 22

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

Show threadRobert KlaschkaMar 22
@ChrisMayLA6 while I'm sure the higher speed is a flagship headline for the project, I had understood that the extra capacity was the important thing, so maybe we shouldn't be so worried about the ultimate speed.
Show threadMike 🇬🇧 🇪🇺

@robertklaschka @ChrisMayLA6 So HS2 is just another railway line - which is how it should have been specified and sold to the Great British Public in the first place!
(I hear echos of how the Great Central 19th century route was proposed as a high speed line from Manchester & Sheffield to London but was ultimately a financial failure)

Capacity on the West Coast Mainline is a major issue and this should have been the selling point all along, let alone at the planning stages.

Mar 23 at 10:55amWeb