Ouigo off “grands projects”, say French At the weekend, SNCF, the French railway company, opened two new high speed rail lines, with French president Emmanuel...
A bad deal at any price Peter’s view of the recent report on costs of HS2 – originally published on his blog here. I had...
HS2 threatened Pear in public vote for European Tree of the Year. The Cubbington Pear Tree, which won English Tree of the year in 2015 has now gone forward to contend...
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...
French disillusionment with high speed rail The latest French inquiry into two proposed new high speed rail lines is highly critical of them, using objections...
For HS2 playing the Europe card has become a busted flush From 51M. When all else fails, HS2 advocates play the Europe card. Patrick McLoughlin did it recently when talking about...
‘Catch up with Europe’??? It’s not somewhere we want to go! Madeleine Wahlberg writes about the Court of Auditors report released in France last week: There has been a flurry of...
National Audit Office: ‘lack of common sense’ and ‘unrealistic analysis’ overstated HS2 business case by 86% The Government previosuly overstated the benefits of the proposed HS2 rail line by 86%, a report from...
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...