> I could well be wrong but this was never one of the touted benefits of HS2 when it was being (mis?)sold to the British public, which makes me very suspicious.

> I could well be wrong but this was never one of the touted benefits of HS2 when it was being (mis?)sold to the British public, which makes me very suspicious. HS2's PR has been, frankly, awful. Hell, its name has been its biggest failure. If you read any of the published reports into HS2 then you'll see that capacity is the reason for the project.