SouthEastBuses
On Moderation
Have to admit, HS2 is useless in my opinion.
Whilst I love high speed rail in general, this project is useless. We already have two mainlines that work (the WCML and ECML), with trains capable of reaching 201 km/h (225 km/h in the future on the ECML!) and the journey times are really quick (about 2 hours from London to Manchester for example), so why bother wasting millions onto a new project that all it does is that it will cut journey times by maximum 30 minutes. Money spent on HS2 would be better spent on electrifying all the railway lines in the UK that are still unelectrified.
And for capacity increase, how about two new tracks on the WCML compatible of speeds for 300 km/h instead of a completely new useless railway?
Whilst I love high speed rail in general, this project is useless. We already have two mainlines that work (the WCML and ECML), with trains capable of reaching 201 km/h (225 km/h in the future on the ECML!) and the journey times are really quick (about 2 hours from London to Manchester for example), so why bother wasting millions onto a new project that all it does is that it will cut journey times by maximum 30 minutes. Money spent on HS2 would be better spent on electrifying all the railway lines in the UK that are still unelectrified.
And for capacity increase, how about two new tracks on the WCML compatible of speeds for 300 km/h instead of a completely new useless railway?