HS2 – “an act of faith” based on outdated ideas Today Michael Heseltine has come out strongly in favour of HS2: he’s already been interviewed by the Today program...
Letter to new Under Secretary for Transport. Letter to Robert Goodwill, new Parliamentary Under Secretary for Transport, sent last week. Dear Mr Goodwill, Congratulations on your appointment as...
Some Parliamentary Written Answers From Hansard, 11th July: High Speed 2 Railway Line Frank Dobson: To ask the Secretary of...
Above inflation rail fare rises to come Today, rail fare rises of over 4% were announced for January. This is the average and will be more...
A taskforce to grow the wrong thing Earlier today, the Department for Transport issued details of a so-called “HS2 Growth Taskforce”. They try to make...
Mid Cheshire Against HS2 Public Meeting report On Friday, Mid Cheshire against HS2 had a public meeting: this is from their report of the meeting. Stephen O’Brien...
HS1: Good idea but… This was originally published on HS2 and the Environment, as part of a series looking at RailFuture’s response...
The pack of cards begins to fall as the UK still scrambles to save HS2 By Madeleine Wahlberg Readers will have noticed that the launch of Phase two of HS2 was accompanied by the usual references...
High speed rail in Lille and Lyon: HS2 Ltd are economical with the truth This is a guest article by Prof Mike Geddes, who blogs at http://hs2theregionalimpact.wordpress.com On their new website, HS2 Ltd...
Backpedaling on an HS1 link? Since December 2010, politicians and HS2 Ltd staff have been promoting HS2 with promises of a link trough to...