Recent content by liverpolitan

I was told it was dead by a director of HS2 Ltd today (he may be wrong).

Liverpool will get it's Phase 2 journey time in Phase 1 so from 110mins to 96mins (14 mins) I think. Liverpool stands to get nothing out of Phase 2 in HS2 Plus.

Phase 1 to Crewe Hub raises some questions: 1. The junction at Lichfield would seem to be dead - it would only be for Stafford's benefit. 2. How can Crewe be incorporated into Phase 1 without delaying it? Issues such as environmental impact assessments come to mind. Perhaps Crewe is Phase 1.1...

I've been told the report will be released on the 17th of March. I expect that he will recommend getting on with some of the physical infrastructure that the HS2 line will plug into for Phase 2 e.g Manchester Pic HS2 station expansion. The main reasoning being, it makes it increasingly...

The connectivity enhancements are very interesting. I like the Liverpool City Region Crossrail solution. However, they don't strengthen Lime Street's connectivity, they weaken it, and Lime Street is where Merseytravel are focussing efforts on a HS2 connection. Long term network...