Is Justine Greening frightened of meeting the people in the areas devastated by HS2? Justine Greening, the Secretary of State for Transport who is pushing through plans for the controversial HS2 train line,...
News items from the last few days Our demonstration on Monday,and the announcement of £9 billion improvements to the existing railway – which we have been...
Snippets from the House of Lords debate on HS2 Railways: High Speed 2 Question for Short Debate, 11th July 2012 Asked By Viscount Astor • To ask Her Majesty’s Government...
Days of Steam and a Rich Man’s Toy… Last year, Philip Hammond, astounded the Transport Select Committee by saying that the railways were a rich man’s...
Heathrow Spurs announced by stealth This post was first published by Hillingdon Against HS2 At the end of a week packed with speculation...
Lessons from Spain This is by Andrew Bodman. A recent study – http://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/content/related/advert?advert=310512 – has indicated that high speed rail has not captured...
Why HS2 will turn toxic for Labour This is a guest article by Deanne DuKhan. Originally published at Liberal Conspiracy. Looking for a symbol of just...
European Commission TEN-T Programme By Andrew Bodman with assistance from Madeleine Wahlberg The European Commission wants to create a unified transport network (roads, railways,...
Written answers from Justine Greening on HS2 Questions from various MPS, including the Cotswolds MP, on HS2. Written answers given on 1st May. From Hansard. Who loses out with HS2 A small number of major cities (Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds) get significant medium term (2026/2033) benefits from HS2. But many...
Who loses out with HS2 A small number of major cities (Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds) get significant medium term (2026/2033) benefits from HS2. But many...