Vote for the ‘Pinocchio Award’ – Your chance to help our high speed rail ‘cousins’ in Europe. This post is by Madeleine Wahlberg. Avid readers of this blog will know that HS2 is not the only ridiculous...
“HS2 diverting precious funds” Writing in his local paper recently, Sir Edward Leigh, MP for Gainsborough, explained why he was worried about the...
From our Archives: Holograms or virtual reality rooms? Earlier this week, my daughter told me she’d spent the afternoon revising with a friend. They’d both been at...
Has the TGV regenerated France’s Provincial Cities? This was originally published on HS2 the Regional Impact. By Ian Waddell. HS2 is, at £50bn plus, the largest...
HS2 ditch 18 trains per hour Since first being announced in 2010, HS2 Ltd have always planned to have 18 trains an hour each way...
New Man, New Spin: Sir David Higgins at the IOD Last Friday, Sir David Higgins appeared in front of an audience at the Institute of Directors, a body which...
TGV in trouble – the French chicken comes home to roost This is a guest post by Madeleine Wahlberg. A recent full-page spread in a French newspaper Le Parisien1...
Snippets from the Inter-City Rail Investment debate Debate on Thursday 9th January 2014: from Hansard. Inter-City Rail Investment Ian Swales (Redcar) (LD): I beg to move: That...
Stop HS2 submission to the Transport Select Committee This is the Stop HS2 submission to the Transport Select Committee. Only people and organisations supportive of HS2 were...