Oh Dear. H S 2 Slower Than Normal Trains.

[Canary42]

The comedy continues . . . .

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https://uk.news.yahoo.com/hs2-services-manchester-may-run-183235594.html?.tsrc=fp_deeplink

[THECORBYLOON]

 "Northern Railway 2, nothing to do with speed."

I think that slogan needs some work...

[gulliver1]

I blame  Brexit on this one. If The UK had remained in the EU .France and Spain would have sent their engineers to UK to show you how to build super highspeed railways.

[ToraToraTora]

The nitpicker and troll. Great name for a pub.

[mushroom25]

and just to rub it in, that idiot the government gave us as transport secretary has just said (on the Victoria Derbyshire programme) that the "Network North" document, the replacement for HS2, wasn't a policy document at all but nothing more than a list of suggestions.

interesting that in "Network North" the bulk of saved cash from HS2 was being used to fix potholes. mmmm. CAPEX being transferred to the maintenance budget, something that would be against the investment regulation protocols of most large companies.....

[douglas9401]

I wish you success in your new hospitality venture.

[Zacs-Master]

I see the Scottish bard is still with us, ignoring the fact he got something completely wrong. 

[gulliver1]

TCL 11.17 "Nothing to do with speed" I will give you that one. If it was only going to get you from  London to Manchester 20 mins earlier ..What a price to pay,

[douglas9401]

😙

[gulliver1]

ZM 11,15 "Elton John wrote a song about him once." Who do you mean George Stephenson ot TTT ??.

[Zacs-Master]

Guess

[maggiebee]

I hope his jet moved faster!

https://uk.yahoo.com/news/rishi-sunak-mocked-boasting-scrapping-163645973.html

[mushroom25]

in view of the tories scorched earth policy and labour's non-committal to attempt to salvage (some of) the project, including Euston, ironically probably the best thing that could happen to HS2 is that Old Oak Common is turned into a freight forwarding depot, and the route is then dedicated to long distance freight services.

[jno]

It's poorly named, people have focused on the 20 minutes claim but the real purpose is to take passengers off the old line and leave that for freight.

all true, but it was the government that chose to market the 20 minute claim (and name it High Speed 2), so it's no wonder people focus on it

Meanwhile the Germans show us all how to do it...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/commentisfree/2023/oct/08/german-train-travel-deutsche-bahn-kafka