Driving the debate on High Speed Rail
The Greengauge 21 High Speed Rail Development Programme 2008/09 is formally sponsored by a Public Interest Group which comprises:

  • Advantage West Midlands (leading for EEDA, EMDA, SEEDA and SWRDA)
  • Association of Train Operating Companies (ATOC)
  • BAA
  • Birmingham City Council
  • Channel Tunnel Initiative (associate member)
  • City of London Corporation
  • The City of Edinburgh Council
  • Glasgow City Council
  • Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive
  • Network Rail
  • Newcastle City Council
  • North East Assembly
  • The Northern Way (the partnership of the three northern RDAs)
  • Passenger Transport Executive Group (covers all 6 PTEs)
  • Rail Freight Group (associate member)
  • Railway Industry Association
  • South East of Scotland Transport Partnership (SEStran)
  • Strathclyde Partnership for Transport
  • Sheffield City Region
  • Transport for London

Public Interest Group members can access draft reports at our Project Management webpage

Principal Consultants Reports


Workstream 1 — Review of Existing Work on HSR
January 2009  PDF File 900kb

Workstream 2 — Strategic Choices

March 2009  PDF File 3.0Mb

Workstream 3 — Assessment Methodology
June 2009 1.3Mb

Final Report
October 2009 1.0 Mb

Final Report - Appendix A
October 2009 2.3Mb

Final Report - Appendices B-J
October 2009 2.7Mb


Funding Advisers Report


Funding Report - Delivery of High-Speed Rail in Britain
February 2010 700kb


Consultation Advisers Reports

 

Workstream 1 — Consultation Round 1
February 2009  PDF File 350kb

 

Workstream 2 — Statutory Processes & Consultation
February 2009  PDF File 220kb
 

Workstream 4 — Stakeholder Seminars
November 2009  160kb


Other Reports

 

Energy Consumption and CO₂ impacts
April 2009  900kb  
 

Complementary Measures to Facilitate Regional Economic Benefits
July 2009 600kb

HSR and the Consumer - Part I Qualitative Research
July 2009 2.1Mb

HSR and the Consumer - Part II Quantitative Research
August 2009 1.0Mb