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...
West Coast Mainline franchise had same ignored faults as HS2, as Tory group slates plans. Sam Laidlaw, who was put in charge of the investigation into the West Coast Mainline franchise fiasco, has told...
Stop HS2 submission to the TSC aviation review Last month the Transport Select Committee’s review into aviation strategy closed. This is what our submission to their review...
West Coast passenger numbers to stay secret – for now. In a private court hearing held yesterday (1st November 2012) in the build up to the Judicial Reviews which...
West Coast Mainline & HS2 – the truth will out, albeit slowly. Yesterday, Transport Secretary Patrick McLouhglin and chief DfT civil servant Philip Rutnam appeared before the Transport Select Committee, trying...
Greenguage 21’s carbon impacts report Greenguage 21 yesterday published a report looking at the carbon impacts of HS2, claiming that HS2 could help reduce...
HS2 already costing £13m per month, as Stage 2 delayed until after legal hearings. An army of consultants and new staff has seen the costs of the HS2 project almost treble from £4.7m...
Snippets from the House of Lords debate on HS2 Railways: High Speed 2 Question for Short Debate, 11th July 2012 Asked By Viscount Astor • To ask Her Majesty’s Government...
Days of Steam and a Rich Man’s Toy… Last year, Philip Hammond, astounded the Transport Select Committee by saying that the railways were a rich man’s...
High Speed Rail threatens Spain’s recovery, says professor This is a guest article by Vincent Nolan. The collapse of the Spanish Banking system, which has triggered the 100...