Proof, if it were ever needed, more trains and carriages mean more capacity. One of the arguments handily trotted out by Government, which somehow is meant to demonstrate the need for HS2,...
West Coast Mainline not as full as HS2 proponents like to make out. One of the stock answers for why HS2 is supposedly needed is the ‘fact’ that there is no room...
Some Parliamentary answers on HS2 Yesterday, in Oral Answers to Transport questions, HS2 was raised by a number of different MPs. Here are some...
Orwellian Newspeak as McLoughlin relaunches HS2, yet again. Secretary of State for Transport Patrick McLoughlin has been in Leeds today, spinning his heart out to...
HS2 Ltd admit they will scrap all current long distance trains to Euston in £8.3bn rail cut. After years of speculation, HS2 Ltd technical Director Andrew McNaughton has finally admitted that towns and cities in the...
Sloth-like behaviour on high speed rail This was originally published as welcome to another fun-packed year in HS2 Land, part 5 on 18th January. For the...
Ahead of the HS2/HS3 announcement On Monday, flanked by David Cameron and George Osborne, Sir David Higgins will attempt to restate the case for...
Train Overcrowding – slow cheap trains are busiest Yesterday, the Department for Transport published a series of rail usage statistics. These included details of the busiest ten...
Helen Jones, MP, at the Warrington HS2 debate From speech given by Helen Jones, MP for Warrington North at the debate...
Osborne wants to spend more on ‘white elephant’ HS2 station, but who will pay for it? The Conservative Transport Group has today warned that HS2 terminal stations could become white elephants, and parkway...