DfT and HS2 Ltd nominated for ‘analysis of evidence’ award, a day after admitting losing second set of consultation responses. HS2 Ltd and the Department of Transport, whose analysis of evidence was once described by Margaret Hodge,...
HS2 Ltd sit on Phase 2 route but fiddle a new, already outdated, business case. HS2 Ltd, the wholly owned subsidiary of the Department for Transport tasked with developing and promoting the new high-speed...
Rail ticket prices – what premium for HS2? The price of train tickets is a topical subject now that we know the average price rise for train...
Unrealistic Passenger Forecasts Can the Department for Transport identify an unrealistic (optimistic) passenger forecast when they see one? Example 1: One of the...
Margaret Hodge warns of repeating HS1 mistakes of HS2 Following the Publication of the Public Accounts Committee report into the sale of HS1, Margaret Hodge MP explains that...
Public Accounts Committee vindicates Stop HS2 position on HS2 business case. Today the Public Accounts Committee has published its report into the completion and sales of HS1, in which they...
New oversight group launched into HS2 as MPA say; ‘Not sufficient evidence at this point’ The Major Projects Authority have confirmed that there hasn’t been enough evidence-based material produced to support HS2, the proposed...
Margaret Hodge: I’m Nobody’s Fool on HS2 Seeing the light (the red one that says Stop HS2): The Amber/Red song starring Margaret Hodge MP, Chair of...
Lessons from Spain This is by Andrew Bodman. A recent study – http://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/content/related/advert?advert=310512 – has indicated that high speed rail has not captured...
Secrecy or mischief making Recent news coverage has focussed on the amber/red rating given to the HS2 proposal by the...