chris eaglen
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- 14 May 2011
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What is a better solution to provide intermodal shifts from road to rail for north south rail infrastructure. If the objective is to provide double stack freight/piggy back trailer/container on rail and duplex carriage lower fare passenger services to provide faster and lower cost services please.
HS2 Y network focussed on Birmingham as the Hub does not provide this remit. The geology/topology of England results in the Y configuration being expensive compared to the East Coast Mainline corridor across the 150km of flatter land.
Assuming the connection of ports in Liverpool and Tilbury and integration with the Network Rail infrastructure for some Javelin type fast and slow commuter services where would the higher speed and larger load gauge route(s) be located.
For HS2 the current route 3 does not provide the opportunities for a range of services because central Buckinghamshire does not have the rail connectivity currently of east and west routes and does not have the larger cities or towns.
Would HS2 route 4 alongside WCML/M1 but proceeding towards Leicester to York and Newcastle with East to West spurs to north Birmingham and to Liverpool and to Manchester and ending in Edinburgh be better than a parallel route alongside the East Coast mainline corridor. Would a new spinal route be 4 track or 2 track. The 2 track HS2 route 3 is limited in availability and rail services. The DFT and HS2 can restart the planning and design to enable wider railway and user values.
HS2 Y network focussed on Birmingham as the Hub does not provide this remit. The geology/topology of England results in the Y configuration being expensive compared to the East Coast Mainline corridor across the 150km of flatter land.
Assuming the connection of ports in Liverpool and Tilbury and integration with the Network Rail infrastructure for some Javelin type fast and slow commuter services where would the higher speed and larger load gauge route(s) be located.
For HS2 the current route 3 does not provide the opportunities for a range of services because central Buckinghamshire does not have the rail connectivity currently of east and west routes and does not have the larger cities or towns.
Would HS2 route 4 alongside WCML/M1 but proceeding towards Leicester to York and Newcastle with East to West spurs to north Birmingham and to Liverpool and to Manchester and ending in Edinburgh be better than a parallel route alongside the East Coast mainline corridor. Would a new spinal route be 4 track or 2 track. The 2 track HS2 route 3 is limited in availability and rail services. The DFT and HS2 can restart the planning and design to enable wider railway and user values.