Matt Hancock obviouslyWho would you route for in this fight?
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What a completely unmitigated fuck up
HS2 will run through to London Euston, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt says
This follows reports that rising costs could mean the rail link might stop in the suburbs of west London.www.bbc.co.uk
To quote Robin Williams it’s like partial circumcision. Either go all the way or forget it.What a completely unmitigated fuck up
HS2 will run through to London Euston, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt says
This follows reports that rising costs could mean the rail link might stop in the suburbs of west London.www.bbc.co.uk
So what's the argument for HS2 full stop if it doesn't connect the North as it was supposed to, and now doesn't even connect London!
The point being if it won't do what it's supposed to, it really has ripped up the historic Warwickshire countryside for no point.I mean capacity is still needed, but not sure it’s going to help much if it doesn’t go to London. Though at least there’s the tube I guess? It really is pathetic. I’m a fan of the project, but we’ve really fucked it up.
Infrastructure in this country is a joke.
Why can’t we build anything in this country? It’s embarrassing.
The point being if it won't do what it's supposed to, it really has ripped up the historic Warwickshire countryside for no point.
‘We might get it to Euston by 2038’. It needs to be scrapped urgently and the funds reinvested in regional transport.
To quote Robin Williams it’s like partial circumcision. Either go all the way or forget it.
Surely if you have to get off a fast train on the outskirts of London to get a slow train to Euston it negates the purpose of the fast train in the first place. It’s barely quicker than existing routes from Birmingham to London in the first place and you’re now going to put a train change on the route and the second train is going to be slower than the one you got off. Add that into the equation and it might actually be faster to use an existing route and have the convenience of not having to change trains too. Got to be a wind up surely. Have I been in a coma and by some quirk of fate woke up on April fools day.
The point is it frees up capacity for regional transport.
But if you have choice between a route that takes you into central London from Birmingham on one train or a route that requires 2 trains and most likely no advantage on time which one are most people going to choose? If it’s not delivering you into central London it’s going to be underutilised so the the capacity will never be met.I mean capacity is still needed, but not sure it’s going to help much if it doesn’t go to London. Though at least there’s the tube I guess? It really is pathetic. I’m a fan of the project, but we’ve really fucked it up.
Infrastructure in this country is a joke.
On what evidence? Leeds isn't happening, and Euston won't happen if they put any kind of delay on it.Well it will eventually.
But if you have choice between a route that takes you into central London from Birmingham on one train or a route that requires 2 trains and most likely no advantage on time which one are most people going to choose? If it’s not delivering you into central London it’s going to be underutilised so the the capacity will never be met.
Just trying to get a handle on this. It is supposed to be 50 minutes faster from Birmingham to Euston, only now it’s not going to Euston. The suggestion is that it will now stop at Old Oak. Just checked, Old Oak to Euston is 40 minutes on existing stock. So basically that gives 10 minutes to get off one train to get on a second train to hopefully get to Euston at the same time as a train that could have got you there directly. Who is going to do that given the choice? In peak times people may not have a choice due to demand but at other times? What are they going to do? Run less trains on the existing route to force people on HS2? Inflate the price on the existing route to force people on HS2?
As I said the other day, the key issue in UK is domestic and commercial property price inflation and that's at the root of this.Why can’t we build anything in this country? It’s embarrassing.
Not sure the 50 minutes faster is correct, I thought it was 20 mins faster? Pritty sure Cov to Euston is an hour on Avanti.
Because that was never the argument for it, the argument is that it increases capacity on the other lines to allow more local trainsSo what's the argument for HS2 full stop if it doesn't connect the North as it was supposed to, and now doesn't even connect London!
Not really, it's government funded and they can pay for anything they want to in £Is this another case of the UK being unattractive to investors? The real issue being we can’t secure the extra funding needed to complete the projects most basic remit.
As I said the other day, the key issue in UK is domestic and commercial property price inflation and that's at the root of this.
It's run by the private sector, HS2 Ltd full of all the greatest from the private sector allegedlyHS2 should’ve started top of country down if at all. Like most large public sector infrastructure projects, a shambles with budget blown years ago
Build more then. Build build build and fuck the NIMBYs quite frankly. Every time I see an MP playing for likes by opposing development it makes me so annoyed.
It's run by the private sector, HS2 Ltd full of all the greatest from the private sector allegedly
Honestly Steve, what world do you live in?Funded by public sector, no controls on spend
Honestly Steve, what world do you live in?
I'm of the mind that it just needs to be accepted that major infrastructure will cost a lot of money but that cost is also actually short and long term investment in the economy. If it is partially scrapped it really is pathetic.
Aren’t the government borrowing that money from the money market?Not really, it's government funded and they can pay for anything they want to in £
Aren’t the government borrowing that money from the money market?
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