[News] HS2 Delayed - Why can't we do anything in this county any more?

[GJN1]

Was never a fan of HS2 but this latest delay is just embarrassing and entirely predictable.

 

[East Staffs Gull]

Hadn’t appreciated that it was due to run through Sussex.

 

[GJN1]

Country, not county.

No idea how to edit the thread topic. Anyone?

 

[GJN1]

Hadn’t appreciated that it was due to run through Sussex.

Think that's scheduled for 2123.

 

[Questions]

We want our Falmer monorail first

 

[Machiavelli]

Just what could be the reason

 

[Grizz]

We're not the only country that suffers these delays, the Berlin Brandenburg Airport being a prime example. Maybe the delivery schedule was overly optimistic, maybe the legal challenges are taking longer, the material shortages have caused longer delays that weren't a factor when the plan was first conceived, labour shortages, the world is a very different place to when they first broke ground on this project.

The thing that is ridiculous is the watering down of the plan, or that the plan should've started in the North and worked down, helping to improve services up north to begin with.

Hopefully it'll be worth it though. The delayed Elizabeth Line (still having a few teething problems) has been a revelation for me and I've worked for the Underground for over 25 years! Going from Ealing to Tottenham Court Road in 15-18 mins is insane. Love it

 

[severnside gull]

Silly question…….just take a look at the hé quality of successive cabinets

 

[LamieRobertson]

We're not the only country that suffers these delays, the Berlin Brandenburg Airport being a prime example. Maybe the delivery schedule was overly optimistic, maybe the legal challenges are taking longer, the material shortages have caused longer delays that weren't a factor when the plan was first conceived, labour shortages, the world is a very different place to when they first broke ground on this project.

The thing that is ridiculous is the watering down of the plan, or that the plan should've started in the North and worked down, helping to improve services up north to begin with.

Hopefully it'll be worth it though. The delayed Elizabeth Line (still having a few teething problems) has been a revelation for me and I've worked for the Underground for over 25 years! Going from Ealing to Tottenham Court Road in 15-18 mins is insane. Love it

No surely not…everyone else is perfect surely

 

[AlbionBro]

Silly question…….just take a look at the hé quality of successive cabinets

This thread has the real possibility of being derailed.

 

[Frankworthington]

We want our Falmer monorail first

Where will it run from?

Will there be any intermediate stops?

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Fast modern fit-for-purpose link between Leeds and Manchester would 'of' been a long overdue no-brainer for levelling-up and would 'of' cost a fraction of the price of HS2

 

[Pavilionaire]

What better way of levelling up than a High-Speed link to London?

They could have already linked up the northern cities and actually had something to present to the electorate re The Northern Powerhouse. Instead, we've got a half-built white elephant from Birmingham - London.

 

[Terry Butcher Tribute Act]

Elizabeth line is fab.

HS2 a shower from start to finish

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Even HS1 spends half its life trundling slowly through Kent, stopping at every lamppost between Gravesend and Faversham. It's pathetic really

 

[Iggle Piggle]

HS2 line between Birmingham and Crewe delayed by two years

Transport secretary Mark Harper blamed soaring prices and says it was "committed" to the high speed rail link.

www.bbc.co.uk

The first time I've ever agreed with Michael Fabricant. A broken clock and all that.

 

[Swansman]

Where will it run to?

Will there be any intermediate stops?

Nope it goes straight from Lund, Sweden to Falmer.

 

[Pevenseagull]

Wouldn't happen in Japan

 

[AmexRuislip]

Beavering still going on the HS2 up our way, especially on the @BrightonCottager bridge

 

[studio150]

Madness, we need to reduce the annual national deficit so rather than ploughing ahead to get this project finished, we will spend less each year so that the national debt can be reduced. Yes the project will take longer to complete, but what's the problem - just don't mention inflation which will further push the overall cost upwards - we are spending less each year and therefore saving money.