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...
Poorly briefed Secretary of State shows lukewarm support for HS2, which may slip further. In a session at the Transport Select Committee on Wednesday 12th, new Secretary of State for Transport, Patrick McLoughlin...
Virgin on the ridiculous Away, but not too far away, from the debate on HS2 there has only been one transport story in...
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...
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...
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...
Lord Adonis complains…. In an interview given on the Today program on Radio 4 on bank holiday Monday,Andrew Adonis, formal title...