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Post by Red Rackham on Jul 25, 2024 11:49:58 GMT
With a name like that he was always going to end up at the BBC. True. But what's that got to do with HS2? I give up, is this a quiz?.. |
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Post by johnofgwent on Jul 25, 2024 11:56:14 GMT
John, the issue is HS2 not the journalist who highlighted the absurdity of the government cockups. Yes, I know. I've made my view on the utter fucking absurdity of the whole programme, and in particular the fact that any time saved is frittered away in a blanket 20mph speed limit between the northern wastelands of london where HS2 ends and the bits of London passengers wish to get to. Insanity. Utter insanity My post on the commentator speaks solely to the religion he is named after banning the followers of that particular sky fairy from immersion in the finances the project used. |
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Post by bancroft on Jul 25, 2024 12:49:04 GMT
I thought the whole project was badly thought through then having to use BR to go to Manchester was annoyed by the private operator and thought we have to do better than this.
Sunak leaving the London leg unfinished was a strange one was this a finger up in the air to Khan to get the private London money to pay for it.
To think the Tories pushed this through old Tory towns annoying a lot of Tory voters and then leave it up in the air.
Poor show all around.
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Post by Baron von Lotsov on Jul 25, 2024 16:40:10 GMT
I thought the whole project was badly thought through then having to use BR to go to Manchester was annoyed by the private operator and thought we have to do better than this. Sunak leaving the London leg unfinished was a strange one was this a finger up in the air to Khan to get the private London money to pay for it. To think the Tories pushed this through old Tory towns annoying a lot of Tory voters and then leave it up in the air. Poor show all around. They have long stretches of tunnels under Tory towns. They have already been built. Its the cheap bit past Birmingham which got terminated first, rendering the whole thing bloody stupid. The idea is to get you via HS rail from one major city to the next, so you want Edinburgh, Leeds, Manchester, Birmingham and then the euro tunnel for the content. HS rail is more expensive due to increased turning forces as you corner, so you will have to mash up some places you would rather not, but that does not matter so much as a modern transport system. The more connections it has the more valuable each section becomes and counter-wise if you start cutting destinations out the finances tilt the other way. It's an all or nothing decision. Are we such stupid bastards that we can only hold our rice bowls out like Ethiopians, or are we smarter? China has HS rail, and we reckon we are all better than them, so prove it. |
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