That just nonsense. The media at large barley ever even even talked about the effect on capacity. Most people didn't even know anything beyond X fast to city Y

That just nonsense. The media at large barley ever even even talked about the effect on capacity. Most people didn't even know anything beyond X fast to city Y. Once you get to the people who understand capacity, most are well aware that it doesnt solve everything. Nobody believed it would solve issues to the South or the West. Critics almost universally used the 'we should use the money to increase capacity line'. As if that not what HS2 was designed to do. HS2 certainly creates more capacity then anything else proposed, certently more then some of the ideas thrown out 'improving X other line'. And it serves as a excelent backbone to address other capacity issues that exists in the network.