Well....It looks like the CV bells of doom are going to be sounding. What everyone hoped and prayed was going to be consigned to the bin has got the green light. 
Govt announcement on the plans to be made public tomorrow
Govt announcement on the plans to be made public tomorrow
In reply to Post #1
Great.
Years of disruption. Years of noise. End product a railway no one uses.
Great.
Years of disruption. Years of noise. End product a railway no one uses.
In reply to Post #2
Savvy?
Savvy?
In reply to Post #1
Reading this morning its believed not to be in full, Crewe to Manchester (affects me) and Leeds line put on hold.
Reading this morning its believed not to be in full, Crewe to Manchester (affects me) and Leeds line put on hold.
just to get up north a few minutes quicker. Surely it's an actual crime against the environment to destroy so much of it?
In reply to Post #5
I've never met anyone who wants to go to Birmingham, let alone get there any quicker
I've never met anyone who wants to go to Birmingham, let alone get there any quicker
In reply to Post #6
Met plenty who can't wait to get out of the dump though.... Mad to think for the price of this silly railway they could build 100 hospitals and have billions in change to run them for years...
Met plenty who can't wait to get out of the dump though.... Mad to think for the price of this silly railway they could build 100 hospitals and have billions in change to run them for years...
Its a crime against established flora,fauna and the ecosystem.
Man ruins our heritage yet once more..
Man ruins our heritage yet once more..
In reply to Post #1
Such bad news.
The money would be better spent on more 12 carriage trains and more frequent train services per hour on all the existing infrastructure and routes people use, so you ain't travelling by cattle 🐄 class.
Such bad news.
The money would be better spent on more 12 carriage trains and more frequent train services per hour on all the existing infrastructure and routes people use, so you ain't travelling by cattle 🐄 class.
If they hadn't of destroyed the railway infrastructure we had, the country would be far better connected and we wouldn't have to be building things again from scratch...plain bonkers!
Anyone remember the 30 billion China mismanaged in 2011 on their high speed rail, or the millions California paid for "Advisers" that turned out to be friends of the budget managers.
Well if there is something out politicians are bloody good at is mismanagement of budgets and filling the pockets of their friends.
This is the same as every other high speed rail network around the world, extremely expensive and only the few at the top benefit.
Well if there is something out politicians are bloody good at is mismanagement of budgets and filling the pockets of their friends.
This is the same as every other high speed rail network around the world, extremely expensive and only the few at the top benefit.
Lord Adonis (****) filling his mates pockets.
Nobody not getting money out of this project wants it.
Nobody not getting money out of this project wants it.
If the decision to go ahead with this vanity project goes ahead, it really does convince me that be it a Conservative or Labour or whatever government they are all as stupid as each other!
HS2 has been going for a few years anyhow so it was rubber stamped a long time ago.
In reply to Post #14
Once an intentionally low figure is tendered to make it attractive it should be fixed, see who is willing to take on the project then!
It would be interesting to know of how many (if any) major projects, that once greenlit, have come in on budget, and how much over budget they are at completion.
Has there been any indication of ticket pricing? Rail travel is currently almost unaffordable to a lot of people, who is this high speed line aimed at?
Dave.
Once an intentionally low figure is tendered to make it attractive it should be fixed, see who is willing to take on the project then!
It would be interesting to know of how many (if any) major projects, that once greenlit, have come in on budget, and how much over budget they are at completion.
Has there been any indication of ticket pricing? Rail travel is currently almost unaffordable to a lot of people, who is this high speed line aimed at?
Dave.