[Updated] HS2 gets the green light
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-51319261
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I think if they’re serious about improving northern connections they should be beginning HS3 right now. |
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I saw an interesting Twitter thread on the costs of HS2 this morning - https://twitter.com/RAIL/status/1222812020896141314
That is some crazy procurement process! HS2 will run close to where I live and it's about as popular as a cup of cold sick around here |
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Can't see how it will improve travel to and from Cleethorpes, therefore it's not worth doing.
Once it gets to Birmingham it will be canned due to un-affordable cost ,if it was in any way designed to help the north it would start in the north. |
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What would be the point of starting in the north? You could travel from one "poor" spot to another quickly.
One of the ideas is to move people out of London and the South East. Once there is an easy, fast commute from Brum maybe some companies/departments would move there, then you expand out further. But like lots of large infrastructure projects the UK is quite small, you can't do the thing without badly disrupting people "in the way". This can be less of an issue in larger countries where it's 1)Easier to build around people 2)Anything to improve connectivity is welcome for the large distances covered. |
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Scrap it I've heard enough. |
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HS2 isn't just about London to Birmingham. It's also about relieving the pressure on the other destinations on the current routes between those 2 places. All the passengers that travel between London and Birmingham would no longer affect London/Birmingham to Milton Keynes, Rugby, Coventry, etc. It all depends on the level of demand for direct routes, London-Birmingham, Birmingham-Manchester, etc. |
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Good, just build it now. Idiots.
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Well I know that there are people in and around Birmingham looking forward to seeing their property prices soar on HS2 service starting.
And those other places, true it may help them but London is the centre of the universe (according to London). It's all about helping people who work in London be able to move to somewhere else but still be close to London. |
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It would be cheaper to move Cleethorpes closer to London. :erm:
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While everyone South of Watford Gap all eat cake. |
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Transportation doesn't yet(although give it time) on a quota system. You don't turn up and get sent to Cleethorpes(or wherever) because not enough people have gone there this week.
North of Watford Gap has it's own separate rail proposals, Northern Powerhouse and Midlands Engine. In that sense more northern areas are benefiting. Quote:
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