National CPRE still ignoring its own HS2 policy, despite concerns of local branches. The Staffordshire branch of the Campaign to Protect Rural England has launched a blistering attack on HS2, with CPRE...
Entire green belt to be churned up for HS2. One of the narrowest green belts in the country, the 550 metre ‘Crackley Gap’ between Kenilworth and Coventry will...
Government plans to use HS2 property blight for housing land-grab. While the Government is failing to compensate householders suffering property blight due to HS2, Planning Minister Nick Boles MP...
Is the Department for Transport misleading us? In their January 2012 announcement that High Speed Two would be going ahead, the Department for Transport set expectations...
Poorer services on classic rail post HS2 “not really fit for purpose” One of the arguments used in favour of High Speed Two is that it will release additional capacity on...
Surprising Claims from the High Speed Rail Policy Forum The High Speed Rail Policy Forum was launched on November 6th. Afterwards, Westbourne Communications made some surprising claims for...
McLoughlin ignores WCML warnings about HS2 and forgets to mention planned £7.7bn service cuts. After the recent disaster with the West Coast Mainline Franchise, Transport Secretary Patrick McLouglin said today (Monday) he will...
FOI Request Uncovers HS2 Plans To Cut Classic Train Services From HS2 Action Alliance Many English towns and cities will see their train services cut if High Speed Two (HS2)...
Ignoring the consultation responses – again Dear HS2 Ltd, I was one of the 413 people/organisations who were missed in your original assessment of the HS2...
Some recent news items Financial Times: HS2 chiefs hit out at opponents The head of the proposed £32.7bn high-speed rail project linking London...