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”
There’s no more money……
Rethinking rail’s future is the first of three articles produced for RAIL. It sets out the new reality for rail (of virtually no capital investment) and sets out how investment priorities might be re-set for transport, … Read more › “Re-thinking rail’s future”
Our latest report looks beyond the current industrial disputes and into what we see as an opportunity window: what could and should happen before the Government’s £96bn Integrated Rail Plan is delivered in the 2030s and 2040s.
Sheffield-Leeds, What’s Next … Read more › “Interim rail improvements for the Yorkshire economy”
Greengauge 21 has long championed a truly national high-speed rail network. The recent Government decision to take forward only the Crewe-Manchester section of the western part of HS2 Phase 2b we find disappointing.
Dropped for now at least is the … Read more › “Set-back for a truly national high-speed rail network”
