Environment v quality of life

HS2 - a quick way to write 'white elephant'

Quite agree there, CY,  and I noticed somewhere over the W/end that they are STILL buying up property in the London area  when it had already been stated there was to  be some form of inquiry into the whole blooming thing !!

Could they be raising a whole herd of the things to top up the London Zoos ??

Just as well the Victorians didn't have such a blinkered view of providing railways. To my mind HS2 is essential for the future of UK railways. All this nonsense about it being only for the rich. HS2 will provide essential extra capacity for our railways which inturn will mean that existing lines can provided a better service to the millions of commuters across the country. If the country wants to save money better to get rid of to completely useless aircraft carriers! 

David

Has anybody ever said whether a LS2 ( Low speed) would be any cheaper. I cannot understand why saving 10 mins or so on a train journey is so important. What is most important is that trains keep to the scheduled times.

Blimey, MikeyA, I'd like a jar or six of what you've had   

Ask the poor souls trying to get across the north of England, not sure what the schedule says, but they fail the calendar test regularly !!

Nothing personal there, M, I've already admitted elsewhere I'm quite likely to display the occasional touch of acid on here 

how many trees might she have saved by raising awareness?

A few more had she gone there and back, by air, by herself, being put on the plane and met at the other end.

It's a bit more than 10 minutes. London to Birmingham something like 30 minutes and London to Manchester nearer an hour, as would Birmingham to Leeds from the figures I have looked at. At those time savings it makes it more economic for firms to be based out of London. As I said building HS2 will have a positive benefit on the rest of the network by freeing up capacity for more local journeys. Anyone who has travelled on HS1 to Paris or Brussels will know he benefit.

I think if she’d swam the Atlantic both ways, someone would have pointed a finger at the materials used in her swimsuit. I have nothing but admiration for her efforts...

Our country is small compared to the likes of France.

We dont need our own version of TGV.

Just think though.

Video conferencing would have meant she neednt have travelled at all.