For responses to transport policy and industry consultations
For 15 years, a Government consensus held. The West Coast Main Line was the priority corridor for capacity relief in the form of HS2.
Now, with the section across Cheshire abandoned and completion to Euston fogged by the miasma of … Read more › “West Coast Lessons”
In this general election year, this question needs to be raised. Is rail still regarded favourably?
I was once told by Tim Yeo MP that there are 150 parliamentary constituencies for whom commuting by rail really matters, coming up routinely … Read more › “Is rail still important?”
A key part of the HS2 Project runs from near Lichfield in the Midlands to Crewe in the North.
Previously known as Phase 2a, we should re-name this project for what it is, the North-Midlands Link. It allows the nation … Read more › “A leap in the dark”
The Government decision in October 2023 to scrap the section of HS2 between the West Midlands and Crewe (Phase 2a), ended a 15-year period of cross-party consensus on the project, and drove a coach and horses through the rail sector’s … Read more › “West Midlands – Crewe: the key choices”
