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...
Tag: TGV
Mid Cheshire Against HS2 Public Meeting report
On Friday, Mid Cheshire against HS2 had a public meeting: this is from their report of the meeting.
Stephen O’Brien...
Network Rail’s Debt
Network Rail’s financial results which were published at the end of last week. Its debt has now risen to...
The pack of cards begins to fall as the UK still scrambles to save HS2
By Madeleine Wahlberg
Readers will have noticed that the launch of Phase two of HS2 was accompanied by the usual references...
High speed rail in Lille and Lyon: HS2 Ltd are economical with the truth
This is a guest article by Prof Mike Geddes, who blogs at http://hs2theregionalimpact.wordpress.com
On their new website, HS2 Ltd...
Will French actions affect Italy?
We have now learnt some more about which proposed TGV lines may face cancellation by the new French government.
Many...
When firecrackers are called bombs
This is a guest post by Madeleine Wahlberg, who recently attended the 2nd European Forum against “useless...
Another dispatch from Nantes
This is a guest article by Madeleine Wahlberg, who is Nantes for the 2nd European Forum Against “les Grands...
Debts and subsidies for High Speed Rail
by Andrew Bodman
The ongoing costs of running a high speed rail system are sometimes overlooked or underestimated. In July...
Rayleigh Waves and HS2
Several recent news items have discussed the risks to HS2 and the surrounding areas posed by Rayleigh Waves.
These include...