HS2.

PostRe: HS2. by **Vermilion** » Fri Sep 15, 2023 10:55 am

Moggy wrote:
Benzin wrote:I mean who wants to support areas that won't vote Conservative?

Poor people = slow minds = slow trains

Rich people = fast minds = fast trains

It's just science.

Meanwhile, in the west country over the last couple of decades...

Labour govt: No investment for you lot, you all vote Tory.
Tory govt: No investment for you lot, you all vote Tory but we don't give a toss.

PostRe: HS2. by **Grumpy David** » Sat Sep 16, 2023 11:29 am

The Times are also reporting that Sunak is considering scrapping the Euston terminus station for HS2 to reduce costs.

It would be utter madness to build a high speed train connecting Birmingham to Old Oak Common ("a train from nowhere to nowhere"). Then switching to the Elizabeth line to the reach Euston takes 30 minutes.

So the time saving is eliminated and HS2 tickets will cost more than the WCML ticket too.

I suspect he'd be more likely to kick the can down the road and let Starmer make the decision after the GE but what a crap way to deal with long term infrastructure projects.

PostRe: HS2. by **Octoroc** » Sat Sep 16, 2023 12:04 pm

Vermilion wrote:
Moggy wrote:
Benzin wrote:I mean who wants to support areas that won't vote Conservative?

Poor people = slow minds = slow trains

Rich people = fast minds = fast trains

It's just science.

Meanwhile, in the west country over the last couple of decades...

Labour govt: No investment for you lot, you all vote Tory.
Tory govt: No investment for you lot, you all vote Tory but we don't give a toss.

At least you've got scrumpy.

PostRe: HS2. by **Moggy** » Sat Sep 16, 2023 12:09 pm

Octoroc wrote:
Vermilion wrote:
Moggy wrote:
Benzin wrote:I mean who wants to support areas that won't vote Conservative?

Poor people = slow minds = slow trains

Rich people = fast minds = fast trains

It's just science.

Meanwhile, in the west country over the last couple of decades...

Labour govt: No investment for you lot, you all vote Tory.
Tory govt: No investment for you lot, you all vote Tory but we don't give a toss.

At least you've got scrumpy.

Not anymore :cry:

PostRe: HS2. by **Octoroc** » Sat Sep 16, 2023 1:52 pm

Moggy wrote:
Octoroc wrote:
Vermilion wrote:
Moggy wrote:
Benzin wrote:I mean who wants to support areas that won't vote Conservative?

Poor people = slow minds = slow trains

Rich people = fast minds = fast trains

It's just science.

Meanwhile, in the west country over the last couple of decades...

Labour govt: No investment for you lot, you all vote Tory.
Tory govt: No investment for you lot, you all vote Tory but we don't give a toss.

At least you've got scrumpy.

Not anymore

Bring back Brizzley(sp?) Bear! - It's alliterative so it must be true.

PostRe: HS2. by **Peter Crisp** » Thu Sep 21, 2023 4:10 pm

Looking good.

PostRe: HS2. by **rinks** » Thu Sep 21, 2023 4:16 pm

Don't know how he's got the nerve to show his face, let alone front a five-minute promo pretending the whole shitshow is going well. Still, he's jumping ship, after six years of failing to deliver anything and allowing costs to escalate to absurd levels. I expect they'll give him a peerage. banana split.

PostRe: HS2. by **Peter Crisp** » Thu Sep 21, 2023 4:19 pm

rinks wrote:Don't know how he's got the nerve to show his face, let alone front a five-minute promo pretending the whole shitshow is going well. Still, he's jumping ship, after six years of failing to deliver anything and allowing costs to escalate to absurd levels. I expect they'll give him a peerage. banana split.

But they finished that bridge 18 hours early

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Why do you hate Britain so much :capnscotty:

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PostRe: HS2. by **Vermilion** » Thu Sep 21, 2023 6:52 pm

I still want to try the damn thing when it's done.

PostRe: HS2. by **Benzin** » Fri Sep 22, 2023 8:24 am

That magical journey from Birmingham to ~~London Euston~~ Old Oak Common will be well worth it.

PostRe: HS2. by **Lex-Man** » Mon Sep 25, 2023 9:03 pm

Is it just me or is the only point of this train system is to get people into Birmingham faster.

PostRe: HS2. by **Vermilion** » Mon Sep 25, 2023 9:04 pm

Lex-Man wrote:Is it just me or is the only point of this train system is to get people into Birmingham faster.

The point of the project was more than just speed, it was to increase capacity in the rail network and reduce overcrowding, or at least that was the original plan anyways.

PostRe: HS2. by **Grumpy David** » Mon Sep 25, 2023 9:44 pm

Lex-Man wrote:Is it just me or is the only point of this train system is to get people into Birmingham faster.

I like to think of it as helping people escape Birmingham faster. :lol:

HS2 has an incredibly misleading brand name. It should have been called High Capacity Rail as that's the main purpose for building it.

A dedicated high speed rail line allows a greater amount of commuter trains and freight trains to run on existing rail lines rather than having 3 different types of train service competing against each other for the same rail line whilst travelling at different speeds and different frequencies at which they have to stop.

PostRe: HS2. by **rinks** » Mon Oct 02, 2023 6:06 pm

Sounding increasingly likely that the Birmingham to Manchester leg will be scrapped.

PostRe: HS2. by **Vermilion** » Mon Oct 02, 2023 6:42 pm

I saw today that Indonesia has built a high speed line at a fraction of the cost, maybe their team should have been hired for HS2?

PostRe: HS2. by **rinks** » Mon Oct 02, 2023 7:15 pm

Vermilion wrote:I saw today that Indonesia has built a high speed line at a fraction of the cost, maybe their team should have been hired for HS2?

People in Indonesia know their place, so it’s cheap. Here, the public expect compensation for everything.

PostRe: HS2. by **Victor Mildew** » Mon Oct 02, 2023 7:44 pm

Vermilion wrote:I saw today that Indonesia has built a high speed line at a fraction of the cost, maybe their team should have been hired for HS2?

Bloody Indonesians, coming over ere, finishing our rail projects on time and under budget!

PostRe: HS2. by KK » Tue Oct 03, 2023 8:53 pm

Rishi Sunak to announce scrapping of HS2 high-speed rail line from West Midlands to Manchester tomorrow, BBC understands

As David Hasslehoff once said, it’s time to get in the car.

PostRe: HS2. by **Knoyleo** » Tue Oct 03, 2023 9:04 pm

lmao, what a strawberry floating waste of time and money. So glad they've done all this construction work for a line that will get you from Birmingham and nearly all the way to London, right next to the existing line that already gets you to Euston very quickly.

PostRe: HS2. by **Moggy** » Tue Oct 03, 2023 9:11 pm

We are about 2 announcements away from HS2 being this.

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