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HM Government’s Spring Budget statement put two parts of HS2 on a 2-year ‘hold’.
But the main part of the works now under construction continues uninterrupted – from Old Oak Common to the new HS2 stations in the West Midlands … Read more › “HS2 Main Works Continue”
An updated ‘National Adaptation Programme’ is due from the Climate Change Committee in summer 2023, and the transport sector remains the problem sector, where carbon emissions remain stubbornly high, and where shoring up ageing infrastructure is inevitably expensive.
HS2 completion … Read more › “Rail investment priorities need a re-think”
The fast rail service from Okehampton to Exeter launched in November 2021 has seen first year passenger carryings (over 0.25m) exceed forecasts by more than a factor of two. Its success led to a major re-think of bus routes and … Read more › “Okehampton’s Multi-Modal interchange”
It is easy to forget that the primary motivation for high-speed rail – including for HS2 – is to add capacity to the established rail network.
Following the Government’s Integrated Rail Plan of last year, the full HS2 plan has … Read more › “East Coast High Speed”
