Sir David Attenborough derailed by Cameron on plan to save nature reserve from HS2 A plan backed by Sir David Attenborough to protect the first nature reserve in the world from HS2 has...
Buccaneering Dave commits to £50bn HS2 in the Conservative manifesto David Cameron launched the Conservative manifesto this morning. In a speech that referred to buccaneering, he also referred to...
Osborne wants to make HS2 an election issue, as Network Rail prepare cuts. Whilst George Osborne is set to put HS2 on the election agenda today, he is almost certain to keep...
HS3: Still no plan, no route and no timescale, but a £65bn budget. As expected, proposals for HS3 which have been announced today, seem to have taken the most-cost options, with the...
London launches charter for fairer compensation. The Fair Deal for London Alliance has, following a public consultation, today published its own Transpennine trains, electrification delayed An article in TransportXtra indicates that the electrification of the TransPennine route has been stopped pending clarification of... 74% spike in rail construction wages will add billions to HS2 bill. According to the No Palaver Group, rail construction workers now have the highest average weekly pay in the construction... HS2 expenditure is only in the low foothills… This was originally published as welcome to another fun-packed year in HS2 Land, part 6 on 22th January. For the rest... 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...
Transpennine trains, electrification delayed An article in TransportXtra indicates that the electrification of the TransPennine route has been stopped pending clarification of...
74% spike in rail construction wages will add billions to HS2 bill. According to the No Palaver Group, rail construction workers now have the highest average weekly pay in the construction...
HS2 expenditure is only in the low foothills… This was originally published as welcome to another fun-packed year in HS2 Land, part 6 on 22th January. For the rest...
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...