Recent content by Will222

Is there not a bigger picture to this latest Euston story? Camden resist a full rebuild due to land take issues, while insisting on social housing levels in the project that would make it uneconomic. Central government make clear the HS2 budget won't be increased again either. So HS2 instead...

Oscar, I think our disagreement is one of perspective. Whereas you seem to expect universal global misery, I am optimistic about this century, my opinion informed by the accelerating rate of scientific discovery and technological application in just about every field over the last two decades...

NotATrainspott You have the patience of a saint for going into such detail in your answers. Oscar While most people agree on the need to cut greenhouse emissions (and NO2, PM2.5 and PM10 for that matter), you will not find any consensus that reducing economic activity is the best way to...

Since this is a blue-sky thinking thread that requires no operational knowledge, I'll throw in my tuppence. Looking purely from an economic growth point of view (and this is hardly a ground-breaking suggestion), it seems a no brainer for a fast cross-Pennines route linking Liverpool...