Responding to a question about rail fares, the Stamford, Lincolnshire, audience overwhelmingly applaud the suggestion that HS2 should be cancelled with the billions saved being used to help regional railways instead.
Question Time, BBC1 28th January 2016.
Monthly Archives: January 2016
Final Commons Petitioning Week
NB: Stop HS2 are now appearing on Thursday 4th November.
Next week are the final petitions being heard by the...
Some oral answers on HS2
Yesterday, during Transport Question, HS2 and high speed rail came up several times. Here are some of the things...
Scottish bullet train bites the bullet
Back in 2012, Nicola Sturgeon announced plans to build a high speed rail link between Glasgow and Edinburgh. The...
Hollow promises of ‘British Jobs’ from corruption suspects Alstom.
At the weekend, the Sunday Times reported that French company Alstom are interested in bidding to build...
First, Second and Pleb class for HS2 trains
Today’s Daily Mail has an article saying that HS2 trains might have three classes of carriage when it...
HS2: Sir David keeps to the fast train
Originally posted on 51M:
Back in 2013 the government gave up on speed and said HS2 was all about...
Public Accounts Committee slams govt for suppressing HS1 report
Data showing that HS1 was poor value for money has been kept hidden. The Public Accounts Committee says this is “two years late” and should have been a key piece of evidence in scrutinising plans for HS2
Anything left to say in petitioning the Commons?
After almost two years, the process of petitioning the HS2 Hybrid Bill Committee is almost over. The final set...
Projects Chief ‘Most Concerned’ about HS2
This week Tony Meggs, head of the Infrastructure and Projects Authority (formerly the Major projects Authority, which was also...