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HS2 will never reach Euston, mark my words. All the money so far has just been the design phase of the station rebuild AIUI plus some preparatory work. They’re
by switch007 3y ago
HS2 will never reach Euston, mark my words. All the money so far has just been the design phase of the station rebuild AIUI plus some preparatory work. They’re going to spend £200m just to pause the work. If it were completed at the current budget it would be the most expensive station in the world by some margin. Hence they’ll go for the presumably cheaper option of terminating at Old Oak Common
What an enormous waste of money on the existing work
Edit: I double it’ll ever reach Manchester. It’ll just be Birmingham to turn it in to a commuter hub and for companies to get cheaper office space. I said this from the very beginning. Leeds was a total joke, Manchester somewhat believable if you are the kind of person to trust and believe London would ever fund such a project in the north lol. And here we are
- jasec57322 3y agodouble-O says it's not going to reach Birmingham. Word is it will be scrapped. I would have Kim Johngson, Goodun Broon, Warmonger Bliar et al replant every tree they dug up along the route; all whilst singing that old favourite: "all the world's a stage, for ...'
- switch007 3y agoWouldn’t surprise me either if the entire thing was scrapped
- akadruid1 3y agoI have not found a coherent explanation why HS2 does not link to HS1. The unreasonable cost of rail tickets makes the current scheme a toy for rich people. Connecting the last few metres to HS1 at St Pancras would allow trains to compete with air travel to Europe. Taking an eco-guilt-free trip from northern England to Paris is something a normal person might do, even if the rail tickets cost 3x the flights. But not when you have book multiple tickets and drag your stuff between stations in London.
- growse 3y ago> I have not found a coherent explanation why HS2 does not link to HS1. The unreasonable cost of rail tickets makes the current scheme a toy for rich people. The current scheme is designed to relieve capacity on the WCML to make way for more local services. I'm not sure that providing local public transport is a "toy for rich people". > Connecting the last few metres to HS1 at St Pancras would allow trains to compete with air travel to Europe. Taking an eco-guilt-free trip from northern England to Paris is something a normal person might do You can already get the the train from the north to Paris. You change at KGX/STP. > even if the rail tickets cost 3x the flights. But not when you have book multiple tickets and drag your stuff between stations in London. You can book a direct ticket, and dragging your stuff between two stations 50 yards apart is much easier than dragging to/from the airport.
- c7THEC2DDFVV2V 3y agonormal person in tge north of england might be willing to pay 3x, just so they don't have to carry bags? Where in the north are people this rich and lazy? theres Current a cost of living crisis and this comment is just wildly out of touch. Are you a politician?
- switch007 3y agoI’m not entirely sure what your comment is implying but there is plenty of affluence and quite a few millionaires in the North. If you believe only poor people live in the north that’s also a belief that’s wildly out of touch.