13-10-2018, 02:19 PM
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Hs2
Something some of us had a sneaking suspicion of, has now been confirmed - the damage to environment along the route will be far worse than the scumbags have previously admitted.https://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...-a8582316.html
13-10-2018, 02:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Julie1962
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It's such a waste of money and bad for the environment. How it got approved I can't understand. All for a ten minute quicker journey, I'd laugh if it wasn't so serious.
13-10-2018, 03:44 PM
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Originally Posted by spitfire
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It runs quite close to here, and I was looking at the plans for the station at the NEC, and it stated NEC to Euston 38 minutes which, if true is significantly faster than any other mode at present.
What does HS2 mean for passengers? The Department for Transport says the project will cut Birmingham-London journey times from 1hr 21min to 49min. Once the second phase is complete, Manchester-London journeys would take 1hr 8min (down from 2hr 8min), and Birmingham-Leeds 57min (down from 2hr).
It will take cars off the road, good for the environment and londinium abot time some of taxpayers money is spent to benefit those North of Watford
13-10-2018, 03:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Nom
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What does HS2 mean for passengers? The Department for Transport says the project will cut Birmingham-London journey times from 1hr 21min to 49min. Once the second phase is complete, Manchester-London journeys would take 1hr 8min (down from 2hr 8min), and Birmingham-Leeds 57min (down from 2hr).It will take cars off the road, good for the environment and londinium abot time some of taxpayers money is spent to benefit those North of Watford
13-10-2018, 04:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Barry
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I agree the railways need upgrading Nom, but there are many new lines needed in the north as well as many others in the north that need upgrading, all of which will be sacrificed for one grandiose white elephant project that will benefit no-one other than those wanting a slightly quicker journey to London, and a project that will invariably cost at least three times the projected costs, as all these vanity projects do. Let's scrap the whole thing and scrap it now, for goodness sake It's already cost over £4 billion before a yard of track is laid.
This project should be scrapped.
13-10-2018, 05:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Nom
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What does HS2 mean for passengers? The Department for Transport says the project will cut Birmingham-London journey times from 1hr 21min to 49min. Once the second phase is complete, Manchester-London journeys would take 1hr 8min (down from 2hr 8min), and Birmingham-Leeds 57min (down from 2hr).It will take cars off the road, good for the environment and londinium abot time some of taxpayers money is spent to benefit those North of Watford
13-10-2018, 05:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Barry
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This idiotic project has cross party support but first proposed in 2009 under a Labour government. Much of the line passes through very conservative areas, so I'm not sure how you lay this debacle wholly at the door of the conservative government?
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