[Travel] HS2 to be scrapped?

[Weststander]

Ancient woodland felled as well!

Ecologically irreplaceable.

 

[Bakero]

 

[Worried Man Blues]

Now HS1

 

[Greg Bobkin]

Now HS1

HS who?

 

[Curious Orange]

Absolutely disgraceful decision.

I guess the only way now to increase capacity north of Birmingham is to take all of the express services out?

 

[GT49er]

What a farce this has become - and what a glaring examole of lack of co-ordinated thinking when it comes to railways in this country. The only way this stub (as many are rightly calling it) would make any sense would be if at the southern end it connected to HS1 so that HS services culd run (at high speed all the way) from Birmingham direct to Paris and Brussels.
The service could be extended north of Birmingham on existing tracks - north of Birmingham platform length would be a problem, but the trains could be split at Birmingham, half to Manchester and half to Leeds and Newcastle - still at speeds of 70-90 mph. Sir Edward Watkins' dream finally realised!

 

[RandyWanger]

Someone got a lot of land cheap. Wonder what tory donor will get to buy it even cheaper

 

[nicko31]

The northerners are gonna love those HS2 trains entering their region at 20th century pace.

A reminder of what could have been every time a train arrives...

Yesterday the Tory levelling up dream died

 

[CHAPPERS]

HS2 will not extend to Euston without private funding

Rishi Sunak’s promise depends on a substantial portion of the cost being met by third-party investment

www.theguardian.com

HS2 will not be extended to Euston unless enough private investment is secured, it has been reported.

While cancelling HS2 to Manchester this week, Rishi Sunak pledged to extend the high-speed railway to the central London station.


But PA Media, citing a No 10 source, reported the promise was contingent on a substantial proportion of the cost being met by private funds. If not enough money is found, HS2 will permanently stop at Old Oak Common in the capital’s western suburbs.

 

[Hotchilidog]

HS2 will not extend to Euston without private funding

Rishi Sunak’s promise depends on a substantial portion of the cost being met by third-party investment

www.theguardian.com

HS2 will not be extended to Euston unless enough private investment is secured, it has been reported.

While cancelling HS2 to Manchester this week, Rishi Sunak pledged to extend the high-speed railway to the central London station.


But PA Media, citing a No 10 source, reported the promise was contingent on a substantial proportion of the cost being met by private funds. If not enough money is found, HS2 will permanently stop at Old Oak Common in the capital’s western suburbs.

Utter shambles.

 

[raymondo]

I think he's just been pondering what the sunk cost is of those 'spades in the ground' ...

Well I'm glad someone has made a decision, if it was left to Sunak we'd still be considering the options after both me and him are long gone. It's his f***ing decision FFS

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

HS2 will not extend to Euston without private funding

Rishi Sunak’s promise depends on a substantial portion of the cost being met by third-party investment

www.theguardian.com

HS2 will not be extended to Euston unless enough private investment is secured, it has been reported.

While cancelling HS2 to Manchester this week, Rishi Sunak pledged to extend the high-speed railway to the central London station.


But PA Media, citing a No 10 source, reported the promise was contingent on a substantial proportion of the cost being met by private funds. If not enough money is found, HS2 will permanently stop at Old Oak Common in the capital’s western suburbs.

Levelling up. What a bunch of tossers.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

HS2 will not extend to Euston without private funding

Rishi Sunak’s promise depends on a substantial portion of the cost being met by third-party investment

www.theguardian.com

HS2 will not be extended to Euston unless enough private investment is secured, it has been reported.

While cancelling HS2 to Manchester this week, Rishi Sunak pledged to extend the high-speed railway to the central London station.


But PA Media, citing a No 10 source, reported the promise was contingent on a substantial proportion of the cost being met by private funds. If not enough money is found, HS2 will permanently stop at Old Oak Common in the capital’s western suburbs.

When he said 'pledge' he meant this:

He's so excited about the general election he needs to wipe his wood.

 

[nicko31]

HS2 will not extend to Euston without private funding

Rishi Sunak’s promise depends on a substantial portion of the cost being met by third-party investment

www.theguardian.com

HS2 will not be extended to Euston unless enough private investment is secured, it has been reported.

While cancelling HS2 to Manchester this week, Rishi Sunak pledged to extend the high-speed railway to the central London station.


But PA Media, citing a No 10 source, reported the promise was contingent on a substantial proportion of the cost being met by private funds. If not enough money is found, HS2 will permanently stop at Old Oak Common in the capital’s western suburbs.

He really is missing the California climate isn't he?

 

[raymondo]

Now HS1

HSzero

Levelling up. What a bunch of tossers.

He now has enough money to fix '4000 holes in Blackburn, Lancashire '

 

[A1X]

It’s embarrassing that we as a country seem totally incapable of doing something other comparable countries can do with their eyes closed

 

[Bakero]

Meanwhile in Japan

 

[clapham_gull]

Just a note.

For the media to attack the pre-filmed video made by the PM is a mute point and in reality highly hypocritical.

Anyone who works in TV knows pre-filmed content to be used (or not used) dependent on a future event has been part and parcel of TV News for decades.

I used to run a tape library for MTV and had a Frank Sinatra thing ready to go for weeks before he died.

The real issue is that wasn't declared to Parliament first, but this lot gave up on that level of scrutiny years ago.

The other issue being that the media focussed on the video (non) story and the (non) conspiracy rather than the parliamentary scrutiny issue.

 

[maresfield seagull]

Long way to go on this story Dont expect a conclusion any time soon

 

[clapham_gull]

Meanwhile in Japan

Your post arrogantly ignores the lack of potential heightened bat collision legalisation in Japan.