Given Sunak's recent announcements a fossil fuel village is more likely.....An ecovillage around it would be a great idea.
Given Sunak's recent announcements a fossil fuel village is more likely.....An ecovillage around it would be a great idea.
I thought Leadsom was vehemently against HS2? a station that knackers capacity for 1 event a year is daft.I live in Northamptonshire and I'm actually not that far away from Brackley where HS2 Phase 1 is passing.
I have seen my local MP, Andrea Leadsom has called for Brackley to get a station on the line, which I think makes absolute sense, it would be a massively welcome, especially when the Formula 1 is on at Silverstone, we get something like 500,000 people come every year for it, and so getting a station built at Brackley would be sensible.
Interestingly, a lot of the local community seem supportive of the idea. https://www.facebook.com/andrealead...5¬if_t=feedback_reaction_generic&ref=notif
Apologies if this has been floated already - now that government seem to be restricting the capacity of HS2-as-was by cutting the size of Euston, is it worth revisiting the idea of an interchange station with EWR at Claydon?
It would relieve Oxford-Birmingham and improve connectivity to the North for the Aylesbury area.
You'd need platform loops, TGV style, obviously, but a half-hourly service would only reduce the available paths by 2ph.
Yes, it would be a gare-betterave, but the "beetroot farmers" of the area are pretty well-off so might use it to go north (or even to London).
PS I wondered about a spur to allow Oxford-North traffic, but I think.the LCs in Bicester would need taking out to achieve that.)
I thought Leadsom was vehemently against HS2? a station that knackers capacity for 1 event a year is daft.
er, isn't the whole point of HS2 that we have brand new unobstructed fast lines which we can pack with all the (identical) non-stop trains going north from London - no variation in performance, speed or stopping pattern - so that you get maximum useage of the new line and free up as much capacity as possible for freight etc on the old lines?It wont just be for a 1 year event, Silverstone race track alone gets 1.2million people visiting per year and hosts over 40 events, so it would just be purely for the F1 every year.
Also, a new station at Brackley would not just serve Brackley, there are towns like Towcester, Northampton, Bicester, Banbury which are nearby which would massively benefit, we as a county have a population of 750,000 roughly.
It would also mean less cars during F1 and other big events, which is a massive issue in my part of the world, and takes the pressure off Northampton Station as well, it just makes sense.
It wont just be for a 1 year event, Silverstone race track alone gets 1.2million people visiting per year and hosts over 40 events, so it would just be purely for the F1 every year.
Also, a new station at Brackley would not just serve Brackley, there are towns like Towcester, Northampton, Bicester, Banbury which are nearby which would massively benefit, we as a county have a population of 750,000 roughly.
It would also mean less cars during F1 and other big events, which is a massive issue in my part of the world, and takes the pressure off Northampton Station as well, it just makes sense.
I thought Leadsom was vehemently against HS2? a station that knackers capacity for 1 event a year is daft.
So once a week then for events. Google says 480,000 of that 1.2 million are just for the British GP? Presumably everyone drives to Brackley P&R for the surrounding benefits? In terms of journey time, how does it benefit those in Bicester, Banbury and Northampton that already have decent London and Birmingham links? Northampton is a 30 minute drive, Banbury is 20 minutes on poor roads, as is Bicester. By the time you have driven from Northampton you would be half way to London by train. Towcester has a population of 12000, Buckingham the same.It wont just be for a 1 year event, Silverstone race track alone gets 1.2million people visiting per year and hosts over 40 events, so it would just be purely for the F1 every year.
Also, a new station at Brackley would not just serve Brackley, there are towns like Towcester, Northampton, Bicester, Banbury which are nearby which would massively benefit, we as a county have a population of 750,000 roughly.
It would also mean less cars during F1 and other big events, which is a massive issue in my part of the world, and takes the pressure off Northampton Station as well, it just makes sense.
Like I said above, it only works with thousands of houses and the other infrastructure required, such as roads, to do it.This idea is surely a non-starter. Steeple Claydon itself is a tiny village, road infrastructure in the area is minimal and anyone from the Aylesbury area wanting to go north either uses Chiltern Railways via Birmingham or the WCML from Milton Keynes.
He has stated that he won't.So, since we have an election next year, what is the chances Sir Keir Starmer if he wins for Labour, restarts HS2 phase 2?
If there is alignment protection that expires close to when an election would take place, I think Labour should commit to restoring Phase 2. Given how likely they are to win the next election, no sensible landowner will want to purchase the land given the inherent uncertainty. If the Tories were likely to win again I could see potential buyers on standby for selling, but current polls suggest that not to be the case.However... he also said that was because of the land being sold off again, so there is still some hope because there is some short term alignment protection in place and when that expires it's very close to when the election would take place - so there is a chance that very little, if any, could actually be sold off again before the election.
So once a week then for events. Google says 480,000 of that 1.2 million are just for the British GP? Presumably everyone drives to Brackley P&R for the surrounding benefits? In terms of journey time, how does it benefit those in Bicester, Banbury and Northampton that already have decent London and Birmingham links? Northampton is a 30 minute drive, Banbury is 20 minutes on poor roads, as is Bicester. By the time you have driven from Northampton you would be half way to London by train. Towcester has a population of 12000, Buckingham the same.
Like I said above, it only works with thousands of houses and the other infrastructure required, such as roads, to do it.
All this ultra cynical Tories Grrr is getting really boring. How exactly will they arrange for HS2 to sell the land to Tories?
How much effort are you thinking it takes to plough it up and plant stuff on it!
Not quite, he's sitting on the fence and refusing to commit but isn't saying no to HS2. Arguably it would be foolish to commit to HS2 into its week ago state without knowing what will happen to the land.He has stated that he won't.
Not quite, he's sitting on the fence and refusing to commit but isn't saying no to HS2. Arguably it would be foolish to commit to HS2 into its week ago state without knowing what will happen to the land.
It's also an opportunity for design changes, like the Manchester through station Burnham has been pushing for.
...which the rest of my post pointed out.Not quite, he's sitting on the fence and refusing to commit but isn't saying no to HS2. Arguably it would be foolish to commit to HS2 into its week ago state without knowing what will happen to the land.
Which bit of 'there isn't enough money to build Euston' does that tick the box for? There are underground railways at Euston blocking the way of any onward routeing.This might be an opportunity. Euston HS2 could be smaller if built as a through station leading to somewhere further across London. A location where land is cheaper and less developed but allowing interchange to some other lines would be nice. Euston would have to be more underground to facilitate an onwards tunnel and coming down Camden bank does not lend itself to going even steeper down !.
Which bit of 'there isn't enough money to build Euston' does that tick the box for? There are underground railways at Euston blocking the way of any onward routeing.
A deeper station costs more money and going beyond Euston costs more money, certainly more than would be saved by having a deeper level four platform through station.
If the Euston site is resold, there's no possibility of it ever getting there. You'd easily be able to add 2A and 2B later if needs be, but once you've got high value development on the Euston site compulsory purchasing it again would be hugely expensive, and to even sell it is likely to involve a deed of covenant that it will not be compulsory purchased for a goodly long period, at least the length of the initial leases on the flats.
It MUST go to Euston* straight away or it's worthless.
* Or another suitable location within Zone 1, though there aren't any, it's been done to death.
The constant design changes by every new PM is why it hasn’t happened.
Sort of. You are right with the land sales however its still incorrect to state that Starmer said he won't build HS2 when he has said he will not commit either way. Plenty of press have done the same though...which the rest of my post pointed out.
That would delay another decade and cost a huge pile of money.It's also an opportunity for design changes, like the Manchester through station Burnham has been pushing for.
Was a route east of Stoke (for destinations west of the Pennines) ever considered?If there are design changes I think it would be more likely for a route alignment change to run east of Stoke.
The sleeper is irrelevant in this, it uses two platforms at very specific times of the day. You can't quantify the number of platforms required without knowing what the train service is, not sure of the relevance of 125mph units being removed either. You currently have 19tph off peak departing Euston, take out the DC and you have 15tph. What are the 17tph going to be?I agree that it must go to Euston but part of the site could be developed without blocking phase 2a being revived at a later point. The benefit of 2a would be HS2 journey times and freed up capacity on conventional network. It would require the same number of platforms at Euston as phase 1. Potentially the East Midlands stub could be revived by taking land from the Network Rail station. I know you won't like the suggestion but there would be space if the Bakerloo was extended to Watford, DC services and all 125mph units removed from Euston. How many platforms would LNR need to run 17tph with a fleet of 110mph EMUs? Maybe 12 for LNR and 1 platform for the Caledonian sleeper.
I wonder if the idea of building two new stations at Brackley and Bicester might not be out of the question now. You could build two platforms, with two tracks in the middle for faster trains to pass through on.
The sleeper is irrelevant in this, it uses two platforms at very specific times of the day. You can't quantify the number of platforms required without knowing what the train service is, not sure of the relevance of 125mph units being removed either. You currently have 19tph off peak departing Euston, take out the DC and you have 15tph. What are the 17tph going to be?
Let's be realistic... it would need to be an HS2 request stop, just be careful when sticking your arm out!Let’s have a Kenilworth / Coventry South Parkway station while we’re at it as well
Let's not mess around, Thorpe Mandeville needs a station. I mean, as many as three hundred people live there!Let’s have a Kenilworth / Coventry South Parkway station while we’re at it as well