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Interesting! My guess (and it really is a guess) is that the BLUE route is more likely. Partly because it parallels the straightish M42 motorway but also because it minimises the length of 4-track HS2 railway needed from Birmingham Interchange to the junction where the Manchester and Leeds...

No probs. All trains will call at OOC to provide access to Crossrail. Birmingham Interchange is a bit more complex but here effectively the line splits into 3 - Birmingham City Centre branch, North West branch and North East branch - so there's no problem fitting in stopping trains. Same coming...

Although a strong supporter of HS2 Phase 1, until recently I had doubts about the efficacy of Phase 2 – the Y-Shaped extension. Party because 18 TPH seemed overly optimistic for one HSL and partly because 18 TPH wouldn’t be quite enough to serve all major city centres. In my laymen’s view the UK...

Speaking to HS2 staff at the road shows last year, I got the impression that the branch to Manchester presented more challenges than the eastern one to Leeds. This was chiefly because of Stoke-on-Trent. Skirting round Stoke to the east is certainly the most direct route, but the terrain is more...