Why Scotland won’t get Barnett money from HS2.
A couple of weeks ago, when it was revealed that HS2 Ltd have concluded there is no business case...
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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...
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...
HS3: No plan, no route, no budget, no timescale.
Yesterday, a couple of months after George Osborne said he wanted to ‘start a conversation’ about HS3, he, along...
Northern Rail users hit with fares double whammy.
Following the announcement of the July inflation figures, which put the Retail Price Index (RPI) at 2.5%, regulated rail...
No HS2 imitation for HS3
Back in June – and apparently to the surprise of the Department for Transport – George Osbourne’s “Powerhouse” speech set out a...
‘One North’ Report is an admission HS2 won’t regenerate the North.
Today, five Northern City Councils (Liverpool, Manchester, Sheffield, Leeds and Newcastle) have published the ‘One North’ report in response...
Some recent news items
The Guardian: HS2 safeguarding directions legally flawed, high court told Project opponents say transport secretary’s directions, intended to stop work...
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 this House...
HS2 – ‘disaster for the North-East of England’
From Hansard, 5th September 2013: debate about the North East Independent Economic Review report Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham)...