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The WCML is perfectly adequate for that. HS2 is a vanity project for business and general passenger travel, none of which is certain or impossible on the WCML a
by crinkly 1y ago
The WCML is perfectly adequate for that. HS2 is a vanity project for business and general passenger travel, none of which is certain or impossible on the WCML already.
- appointment 1y agoBut the WCML is at capacity, so it is not in fact adequate. "There is no available capacity without significantly impacting performance and causing a reduction in timetable resilience due to the resulting requirement for successive services to run on minimum headway" https://www.orr.gov.uk/sites/default/files/om/wcml-capacity-report-2020.pdf https://www.orr.gov.uk/sites/default/files/om/wcml-capacity-...