Recent content by marty92

My sentiments exactly! --- old post above --- --- new post below --- That is an awesome idea id skip Liverpool though, New York has a big enough crime rate without Liverpudlians going there! :) I thought Maglev record was about 350mph?

Sorry New math, 36bn in 1988 would be 47.2bn in 2009 I appreciate that a longer tunnel means the cost is more than proportionally higher, but it would appear the cost for tunnelling has far outstripped inflation (ie someone is pushing their luck) I cannot accept that a 100mile tunnel will...

Channel tunnel almost 32 miles cost $21bn (£9,000,000,000) So Hs2 180Km (111.68 miles) for easy workings lets say 4x Channel tunnel You see where im going........... $84bn (£36,000,000,000) Now these figures are old (not sure if they are 1988 or 1994) so inflation means it will be more...

Are they not required if its overland then.... 243bn sounds a little extortionate maybe we should get the Eastern European labour to dig it would be more like 24.3bn Why does this country insist on paying top dollar for everything!

This will likely end up costing at least 10x more than we are told so 300bn sounds pretty good. What will be the true environmental/personal cost ...300bn suddenly looks positively cheap doesn't it! They could have a straight line route without all the overland disruption and all the...

If id come up with the plans they have I shoot myself, I am not against a HS network but surely it should be entirely underground, we have proved beyond doubt that 10mlof snow or rain and Britain grounds to a halt, an overground HS rail is pathetic - just take a look at the overground section of...