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

Show threadStuartB
@ChrisMayLA6 Wasn't this suggested a few years back?
I'm pretty sure this came up some time ago, with a proposed top speed that wasn't all that far north of what they do currently, making this a very expensive way of achieving pretty much nothing.
Mar 23 at 1:20pmWeb
Show threadEmeritus Prof Christopher May5d ago

@stuartb

'a very expensive way of achieving pretty much nothing' - which neatly sums up the current state of HS2