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> nobody would be all that fussed to get to London 20 to 30 minutes quicker I don't think people are that fussed. From QZ.com[0]: "In the mornings, a train l

> nobody would be all that fussed to get to London 20 to 30 minutes quicker I don't think people are that fussed. From QZ.com[0]: "In the mornings, a train leaves London for Birmingham approximately every 15 minutes. The 7:23 am fast train leaves Euston and arrives at New Street station one hour and 22 minutes later, at 8:45 am—this would be shortened to 45 minutes with HS2. The train is full of commuters and business travelers with a confusing range of opinions about HS2. Most point out that the journey from London to Birmingham is already quite fast. 'We have this train, so I question why we need it,' says Ben Brown, who commutes to Birmingham two to three times a week. 'It’s not as if the train that we’re in…is particularly slow,' echoes Damon Lacey, a human relations consultant from Portsmouth." [0] https://qz.com/1803712/birmingham-shows-why-the-uks-hs2-plans-are-so-controversial/ https://qz.com/1803712/birmingham-shows-why-the-uks-hs2-plan...

diroussel 6y ago
Yes it goes to Birmingham, but it's not for Birmingham. It just so happens that Birminghan is on the route to the North.
- logifail 6y ago
  > Birminghan is on the route to the North It might be on HS2's route to the North, but it's certainly not on everyone's.
- M2Ys4U 6y ago
  Birmingham will definitely benefit as it will mean that more local and regional trains can use the WCML when intercity trains move over to HS2.
M2Ys4U 6y ago
Okay, now here's the next paragraph: >Proponents of HS2 will point out ad nauseam that the point isn’t the journey time; it’s the increased capacity that a new railway will bring, allowing faster trains to shift on to their own track, and rendering the network more efficient. “We’ve been working off Victorian infrastructure on our national rail network and demand is increasing at an unprecedented scale, and we need more capacity,” explains Adam Tyndall, program director for transport at London First, a business advocacy group.

diroussel 6y ago

Yes it goes to Birmingham, but it's not for Birmingham. It just so happens that Birminghan is on the route to the North.

logifail 6y ago
> Birminghan is on the route to the North It might be on HS2's route to the North, but it's certainly not on everyone's.
M2Ys4U 6y ago
Birmingham will definitely benefit as it will mean that more local and regional trains can use the WCML when intercity trains move over to HS2.

M2Ys4U 6y ago

Okay, now here's the next paragraph: >Proponents of HS2 will point out ad nauseam that the point isn’t the journey time; it’s the increased capacity that a new railway will bring, allowing faster trains to shift on to their own track, and rendering the network more efficient. “We’ve been working off Victorian infrastructure on our national rail network and demand is increasing at an unprecedented scale, and we need more capacity,” explains Adam Tyndall, program director for transport at London First, a business advocacy group.