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RE: High Speed Two - Adrian - 04 Oct 2023
HS2 canned then. Worst kept secret ever: https://news.sky.com/story/hs2-rishi-sunak-confirms-northern-leg-from-birmingham-to-manchester-will-be-scrapped-12976382
HS2 will be limited to Euston-Birmingham. Apparently this frees up £36bn for "hundreds of new transport projects in the North and the Midlands, and across the country". It remains to be seen whether this is new money, or the usual trick of recycling old money.
Oh, and it didn't take long: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOJHz3pU7mI
RE: High Speed Two - Bazza - 04 Oct 2023
Does anyone here actually believe that HS2 would’ve benefitted the North - East?
RE: High Speed Two - deanmachine - 04 Oct 2023
(04 Oct 2023, 9:28 pm)Bazza Does anyone here actually believe that HS2 would’ve benefitted the North - East?
It would have been nice to get to Birmingham quite a bit quicker or personally Sheffield where my mother lives, and more capacity onto what is currently CrossCountry. Aye London isn't that much quicker but nicer high speed trains would have been nice too.
RE: High Speed Two - Bazza - 04 Oct 2023
(04 Oct 2023, 9:35 pm)deanmachine It would have been nice to get to Birmingham quite a bit quicker or personally Sheffield where my mother lives, and more capacity onto what is currently CrossCountry. Aye London isn't that much quicker but nicer high speed trains would have been nice too.
Worth £36billion though?
RE: High Speed Two - deanmachine - 04 Oct 2023
(04 Oct 2023, 9:51 pm)Bazza Worth £36billion though?
Yep. There was no reason we couldn't complete HS2 and still get the £2 bus fare cap, Leamside and dual the A1, I just don't believe it's an "either or" situation. In fact Leamside might've complimented HS2 quite well by taking some capacity off the ECML.
RE: High Speed Two - Adrian - 05 Oct 2023
Leamside posts moved here.