National Audit Office: ‘lack of common sense’ and ‘unrealistic analysis’ overstated HS2 business case by 86% The Government previosuly overstated the benefits of the proposed HS2 rail line by 86%, a report from...
“These mega-projects are the quack remedies of modern politics” Thursday’s Guardian had an article by Simon Jenkins on the HS3 proposal – High-speed 3? These mega-projects are...
New Safeguarding Maps On Thursday, Patrick McLoughlin announced to Parliament that safeguarding directions along the London to West Midlands HS2 route have...
Some recent written answers House of Commons Written Answers 10 June 2014 Transport: High Speed 2 Railway Line Mrs Gillan: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport...
Carry your bags, sir? When HS1 was originally proposed the plans assumed there would eventually be a connection from HS1 to Milton Keynes,...
HS2 ditch 18 trains per hour Since first being announced in 2010, HS2 Ltd have always planned to have 18 trains an hour each way...
New Man, New Spin: Sir David Higgins at the IOD Last Friday, Sir David Higgins appeared in front of an audience at the Institute of Directors, a body which...
Centro criticises HS2 plans Centro has always been publicly support of HS2’s plans. But their official response to the Environmental Statement shows...
TGV in trouble – the French chicken comes home to roost This is a guest post by Madeleine Wahlberg. A recent full-page spread in a French newspaper Le Parisien1...