How reliable is the Department for Transport? A preliminary report by Sam Laidlaw published on 29th October into the Department for Transport’s handling of the bidding...
Quick Notes about the latest Consultations There are two consultations, with two sets of maps running concurrently – a “safeguarding” consultation and a separate...
More House of Commons questions about HS2 Now that the House of Commons is sitting again, MPs are asking numerous questions about HS2. Given that the...
WCML debate and the need to review case for HS2 MPs ask that HS2 also gets reviewed, in light of the major problems with the modelling used for West...
Does “Commercial Confidentiality” lead to failings? Virgin trains are to be asked to continue running the West Coast Main Line trains after 9th December...
Some recent news items A lot of news outlets reported about the Independent’s interview with Patrick McLoughlin: however there’s been some other more...
McLoughlin has his fingers in his ears about HS2. In an interview with The Independent, Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin has said he wants to ‘fast track’...
HS2 or the best transport? Patrick McLoughlin’s speech yesterday said he would “crack on” with HS2, on the grounds that: “… we can’t afford not...
McLoughlin ignores WCML warnings about HS2 and forgets to mention planned £7.7bn service cuts. After the recent disaster with the West Coast Mainline Franchise, Transport Secretary Patrick McLouglin said today (Monday) he will...
More MPs questioning HS2 Following on from the WCML franchise fiasco, MPs and the news media are turning the spotlight on the flaws...