Euston’s problems would not be solved by HS2
This weekend there was massive disruption to passengers to and from Euston, following damage to wires in the Wembley...
Tag: Milton Keynes
HS2 Cost Will Double to £111bn, According to New DfT Estimate
The projected bill for the HS2 high speed rail network has been estimated at £111bn, double the official £55.7bn...
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...
HS2 isn’t about commuters in Milton Keynes
Lots of people have misconceptions about HS2 and where it goes – a recently published article about HS2 says...
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...
Landslip raises network questions
By Hugh Jaegar, first published Friday 6 February 2015 in Oxford Times Letters.
Sir – On February 1, a landslip...
Report based on ‘Anecdotes, hearsay and conjecture’ concludes HS2 is a good thing.
Today the ‘Independent’ Transport Commission, who list the instigator of the HS2 project Lord Adonis as a patron, have...
A few of the differences between HS2 and HS1
A few of the differences between HS2 and HS1. The developers of HS2 are ignoring the lessons learnt and...
From the archives: Will Stoke get a HS2 station
This article from our archives was originally published in June 2011. See also today’s 24-Oct-2014
Legal challenge on the passenger numbers Government wants to keep secret.
In a David and Goliath legal case, the Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin MP is being challenged for withholding information...