Recent content by CliveHiggins

There I am returning from a nice Christmas and the first thing I see is someone calling himself brianthegiant, well clearly not an intellectual giant, being a bit pompous, oh and wrong. Please read what I say before criticising. At no point have I suggested that HS2 would be some sort of...

I think it is traditional, and when you live in a house full of beams and inglenooks you tend to do traditional, to stop warfare, even the genteel British verbal version, over Christmas. So have a great Christmas and an even better New Year, we can get back to refining what sort of railway...

So far I have had a few agreements but mostly there have only been snipes at bits taken out of context. So lets do it one question at a time. Who are the 20,000 people an hour prepared to pay £230 one way to get from Birmingham to London 20 minutes quicker than they can currently do it ...

lets start with history. Probably the only honest document that exists with regards to The Channel Tunnel Link (HS1), it also has the benefit of being written after the event. source http://www.parliament.uk/briefingpapers/commons/lib/research/briefings/snbt-00267.pdf The original HS1...

Hi Guys, It appears that in my desire to present my views in as simple a manner as possible I have fallen down on the need to show sources for data used. ALL of my figures come from either The Department for Transport, Arups or The Cabinet Office. The fare of £250 single is buried away in...

Hi Guys, Well I have to say it does rate as one of the milder insults thrown my way, its also not true when considered in the sense of not wanting it just because its screws up my life. I can, and will, move but thats only because I can afford to take the financial hit. Having reached an age...

Hi Guys Thank you for your thoughtful observations. With acknoweldgement to Private Eyes Number Crunching features lets look at 20. 20 minutes is the theoretical time saved getting from Central London to Birmingham 20 Thousand is the number of people per hour gagging to make the journey...

I chanced upon your forum, but before I express my views perhaps we should consider the difference between involvement and committment. In a plate of bacon and egg the chicken is involved but the pig is committed My house appears on the new route map for HS2 with 2 red dots on it, of...