Wigan Spur Wobbles
Project Managers with projects that are likely to come in over budget have a number of options. They can...
Tag: West Coast Main Line
All change expected on HS2 Phase 2 with new Higgins plan.
Following speculation that the currently planned HS2 station at Toton Sidings in the East Midlands will be relocated elsewhere,...
From the Archives: Grand plans and utopian visions
This article was originally published in November 2011:
“We should look sceptically at grand plans and utopian visions” said...
Setting out my stall, part 2
This is second part of Peter’s account of a presentation he gave to the Coventry and Warwickshire network...
Setting out the stall (part 1)
This is Peter’s account of a presentation he gave to the Coventry and Warwickshire network of the Institution of...
Stop HS2 campaigners accuse the Government of blackmail over threats of improvement works
Amid reports that the alternative to HS2 is improvements to the existing rail service, Stop HS2 campaigners have accused...
Taxpayers Alliance deliver another devastating blow to “Essential” HS2, as new chair appointed.
Yet another report has been produced reiterating arguments which have been put forward by the Stop HS2 campaign for...
Capacity, again
Now that the HS2 cost is being scrutinised very carefully, once again proponents of HS2 have brought out the...
The failings of the brewery entertainments manager
This was first published on HS2 and the Environment by Peter Delow.
“Edward Miliband (Doncaster North) (Lab): In...
West Coast Mainline franchise had same ignored faults as HS2, as Tory group slates plans.
Sam Laidlaw, who was put in charge of the investigation into the West Coast Mainline franchise fiasco, has told...