Re: New high speed rail link ...is it worth it ?
 

well i give up ,anyone else care to join me at the wall

:banghead:

Re: New high speed rail link ...is it worth it ?
 

For phase 1 (London to Birmingham), we could have Station around the Chiltern District area!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiltern_(district)

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For phase 2 (Birmingham to Leeds/Manchester) we could have statiosn at Stoke on Trent, East Midlands and Sheffield!

Re: New high speed rail link ...is it worth it ?
 

They don't want it.

Re: New high speed rail link ...is it worth it ?
 

Who does not want it?

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Information about plans for HS2 reach Scotland:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/poli...-Scotland.html

Re: New high speed rail link ...is it worth it ?
 

The chilterners.

Anyway, I'm out of here. You've made it quite clear there's no point in discussing anything with you.

Re: New high speed rail link ...is it worth it ?
 

just repeating yourself doesn't make it any more sensible

Re: New high speed rail link ...is it worth it ?
 

Would they still objected if they had station nearby, that could be of benifit (London to Chilterns in 10 minutes)

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I was clarifying what I was saying about this matter!

Re: New high speed rail link ...is it worth it ?
 

Couple of facts, which you will hopefully take note of.

a) The Chiltern Line is currently having a £250 million upgrade (started 2010, ends 2013), part of which is to reduce journey times.

b) HS2 is a high-speed link, not a short-distance commuter link

Re: New high speed rail link ...is it worth it ?
 

Well when it opens in 2026 it will effectively become a communiter line to Birmingham, London to Sutton Coldfield (via HS2 and local rail line) be less than 90 minutes

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sutton_Coldfield

Re: New high speed rail link ...is it worth it ?
 

Not if it has to keep stopping on the way....

Re: New high speed rail link ...is it worth it ?
 

Even they it would be less then 2 hours which is the length of some communiter journeys by Londoners!

Re: New high speed rail link ...is it worth it ?
 

I bet it frequently becomes as overcrowded as other mainstream train services with many being left to stand.:erm:

Re: New high speed rail link ...is it worth it ?
 

The present train takes just under two hours to get to Birmingham, and after the Chiltern Line upgrade will take an hour and a half.

Really, you do seem to be missing the point of HS2, which is to provide high speed links to Birmingham and beyond, not between London and Brum.

Re: New high speed rail link ...is it worth it ?
 

Do you mean 2 hours to Birmingham City centre, I mean less than 2 hours (or even 90 minutes) from Sutton Coldfield (a a suburb of Birmingham) to London City Centre (if the Chiltern Station is built), so HS2 still saves time (even by building a Chiltern Station)

Re: New high speed rail link ...is it worth it ?
 

I may be wrong here, but I thought most (if not all) High Speed rail lines operate with designated seating, so no more tickets are sold once all seats are taken.