Penny Gaines, Chair of Stop HS2, talking to Meridian News recently:
Category: Video
HS2 is “the wrong project in the wrong place” says rail expert
Railway Historian Christian Wolmar explains why HS2 has “a lot of flaws” and how a line with no stops between London & Birmingham is “a very strange way to design a railway”. Interviewed with Gareth Edwards from London ReConnections by Anthony Baxter on London Live TV, 17th March 2015.
Invest in existing railways instead of HS2
Business presenter Ben Thompson on BBC1 Breakfast newspaper review, 12th February 2015:
John Bird justifies HS2…
From Rory Bremner’s Coalition Report, BBC2 3rd Feb 2015.
HS2 not value for money and new compensation scheme not impressing residents
Two reports from BBC London
Northern leaders want to shut up economist
Professor Lord May of Oxford is so appalled by the behaviour of HS2 Ltd that he says he would trust few people involved with HS2 to mow his lawn. Then, giving evidence, respected Mancunian economist and chair of the Cities Growth Commission, Jim O’Neill, reveals that the leaders of northern cities are unwilling to listen to the strong evidence that shows it would be far preferable for northern cities to be better connected to each other rather than connected by HS2 to London.
House of Lords Ecomonics Affairs Committee: Economic Case for HS2, 13th January 2015
Rob Heron & The Tea Pad Orchestra – High Speed Train
Directed by Sam Campbell and produced by Nick Hayes. This video was filmed on one of the oldest railways in the world, Tanfield Railway, built in 1725.
HS2 hits the EU Parliament
On 15th December, HS2 was finally mentioned in the EU Parliament. Here is the speech made under the one-minute...
When HS2 was first being planned….
As you may know, HS2 has been a disaster from the start. We have found this video, showing when the concept was first explained in 2008 to then Transport Minister, Andrea Adufus.
The human cost of proceeding with an unwarranted vanity project
How homeowners are being impacted by HS2