> A high speed line with passing places is a non-starter. Yep. Not sure if I miss-worded something but that definitely wasn't what I was implying, just the opp

> A high speed line with passing places is a non-starter. Yep. Not sure if I miss-worded something but that definitely wasn't what I was implying, just the opposite. That the whole point of HS2 is to separate the fast and slow trains so you don't need passing places (either at stations or otherwise) and so can actually run more trains on both the new HS [line and the existing line.