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- Indded>> RT @njak_100: so unchallenged assertion in Lords is speed disparity #HS1 + #HS2 is c170kmh when in reality it is c30kmh (at... 2 days ago
- RT @njak_100: >>he also claimed #HS2 'average' speed wld be 330kmh when tech documentation states unequivocally this is max timetabled... 2 days ago
- RT @njak_100: Viscount Astor tells HoL #HS2 debate that #HS1 'max speed' is 225kmh. My last 2 Estar jnys managed steady 300kmh Ebb-Ashfd... 2 days ago
- @simon_carne That's the Crewe-Euston stopping service (1h 37m). Good service but not the faster VT service (two of them remain) 2 days ago
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We’ve already spent £9bn on existing lines and it hasn’t solved capacity problems
HS2 critics have been busy reporting and re-tweeting the news that Poland has cancelled its High Speed Rail project. The report in Railway Gazette International can be read here. Poland’s main source of funding for rail infrastructure comes from the … Continue reading
Build HS2, but continue to invest in the existing rail network
Go-HS2 welcomed the Transport Select Committee conclusion that HS2 was affordable and demonstrated a good business case. You can read our response from Centro chief executive Geoff Inskip here. Our response to critics’ comment is also discussed in an earlier … Continue reading
Posted in Capacity, Economic
Tagged ATOC, Campaign for Better Transport, Go-HS2, HS1, HS2, Passenger Focus, Rail Freight Group, RFG, Transport Secretary, Transport Select Committee, WCML
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A good business case and affordable – HS2
We welcomed the Transport Select Committee report earlier this week when it outlined there was a good business case for HS2 and that the project was affordable. Committee chair Louise Ellman said, “A high speed rail network, beginning with a … Continue reading
Posted in Capacity, West Midlands
Tagged HS1, HS2, HSR, Stop HS2, Transport Select Committee, UKIP
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Go-HS2 delighted Transport Committee report outlines benefits for West Midlands
Centro chief executive Geoff Inskip said he was delighted the Transport Committee’s report recognised that HS2 would deliver both economic and capacity benefits for the West Midlands. “Right from the outset we’ve argued that there is a good business case … Continue reading
Posted in Capacity, Economic, West Midlands
Tagged Geoff Inskip, HS1, HS2, Transport Committee, Transport Select Committee
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Rail passenger numbers keep on rising, despite internet growth
A regular criticism of HS2 is that remote working is reducing the need for travel and allowing workers to be equally productive in and out of the office. Yesterday morning Steve Baker MP, who was one of the opponents calling … Continue reading
Posted in Capacity, Economic
Tagged ATOC, HS1, HS2, Jerry Marshall, professor McNaughton, Steve Baker MP, Transport Select Committee
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