will the benefits be worth the spending buy the time its completed?
will the benefits be worth the spending buy the time its completed?
I was dead set against it before the corona outbreak... it seemed to me to be a vanity project which was going to line the pockets of a a few already rich businesses... rail infrastructure needs upgrading in this country, but do we really need to be able to travel from London-Birmingham 15 minutes quicker than we can now. And i'd argue that the priority for infrastructure should be connections between Midland/Northern cities.
However i do have to grudgingly accept that due to current economic circumstances, there's a possibility that it might help to stimulate the economy.
Of course. Will be needed to connect the new government in Birmingham to old government once London is flooded.
Simon Blease
Monmouth
Rather than pick on HS2 I'll pick on the rail network generally.
It's a joke as far as I'm concerned.
Investment in it would be acceptable if it worked and if it was attractive to use.
The price is extortionate. HS2 will be like Concorde, for the wealthy and chuck in a few civil servants for good measure.
Richard Taylor
"William Tell could take an apple off your head. Taylor could take out a processed pea."
Sid Waddell
Blackburn to Manchester via Darwen and Bolton - shambles.
53 minutes one way for around 21 miles.
If I leave home in the car, drive to Blackburn Station, there and back, then home, the travelling time comes to around 2:20
I can drive there and back in around 70 minutes.
We've seen a new Blackburn to Manchester service lately. It runs out of Blackburn via Burnley, Todmorden and Rochdale.
Bonkers.
If they can't run the existing services to a decent, affordable level there will be no chance with HS2.
Richard Taylor
"William Tell could take an apple off your head. Taylor could take out a processed pea."
Sid Waddell
You mean like the sums footballers are paid to kick a pig's bladder about? Small change surely?
The TGV and Eurotunnel and the Shinkansen had their detractors...so I say let's smile and nod at the good burghers of Blackburn and get on with it.
Grand Projects for Great Britain!
"...as dry as the Atacama desert".
2 out of three ain't bad.
I would blow the euro tunnel tomorrow.
Oops double posts. Sorry
Last edited by Stagger; 12-08-2020 at 08:24 PM.