Passenger Numbers: Absolute Proof HS2 is the Wrong Priority Last Thursday, the Department for Transport published the actual passenger numbers for certain stations in 2016. We covered this...
The Race for the Trough Expands as SNCF Join HS2 Franchise Bidders Whilst it may seem rather early for bidders to be announced for the franchise to run HS2 as it’s...
Network Rail undermine Department for Transport capacity argument for HS2 Besides the ridiculous notion that HS2 will be a magic wand the cure the north-south divide, the argument put...
Unrealistic Passenger Forecasts Can the Department for Transport identify an unrealistic (optimistic) passenger forecast when they see one? Example 1: One of the...
A Birmingham commuter says… The following guest post was written by Simon Haywood. A few years ago, my circumstances arranged themselves such that I...