LSE Study: HS2 Will Suck Jobs to London.
Whilst proponents of HS2 have long claimed that the project would somehow ‘rebalance the economy’ geographically, this has flown...
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From the Archives: High speed rail in Lille and Lyon
This article by Mike Geddes was originally published in 2013, but it continues to hold true. HS2 Ltd claim that...
The High Speed Network Hole
Right from the start, it was obvious that there was one thing missing in the plans for Andrew Adonis’...
Hidden costs could more than double the HS2 bill, says HS2AA director
“Has the Minister seen the startling information blogged this morning by Tom Edwards, the BBC transport correspondent, that evidence to the HS2 Committee suggests...
Twenty years on – Failing to learn the Eurostar lessons
Twenty years ago, on 14th November 1994, Eurostar began services from Waterloo to Paris and Brussels using the new...
Carry your bags, sir?
When HS1 was originally proposed the plans assumed there would eventually be a connection from HS1 to Milton Keynes,...
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...
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...
Translations of le Parisien articles
Following on from Madeleine Wahlberg’s article earlier this week, Martha de Monclin has provided us with summary translations of...
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 spelled...