Is the Department for Transport misleading us (part 2)? In their January 2012 announcement that High Speed Two would be going ahead, the Department for Transport set expectations...
HS2 News Roundup The Scotsman: Brian Wilson: Side tracked from the real priority “…For good measure, a study by Glasgow City Council...
Recent news items on HS2 A selection of recent news items about HS2: Independent: Saving Time but Wasting Money: HS2 is on track It wouldn’t...
McLoughlin ignores WCML warnings about HS2 and forgets to mention planned £7.7bn service cuts. After the recent disaster with the West Coast Mainline Franchise, Transport Secretary Patrick McLouglin said today (Monday) he will...
Virgin on the ridiculous Away, but not too far away, from the debate on HS2 there has only been one transport story in...
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...
HS2’s damaging economic effects In a debate on rail services to Scotland on 20th December, attended by just 5 MPs, Glasgow North...
HS2- An academic view. Dr. Simon Batterbury is an Associate Professor in the Deptartment of Resource Management and Geography at the University of Melbourne....
Improve the WCML for Scotland’s sake Earlier this week, Transform Scotland issued their response to the consultation on the West Coast Main Line franchise....