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Well, if as its proponents say HS2 will allow for improved local service to existing stations...

In an interview with the i newspaper, Andy Burnham has been quoted as stating he wants to uncancel HS2 Phase 2. https://inews.co.uk/news/andy-burnham-resurrect-hs2-birmingham-manchester-4477422 Quoting the relevant section (the rest of the article is a general interview of Burnham):

And I would say this is a problem - either new level crossings are a problem or they aren't. It shouldn't depend on whether they're on a de jure operational but de facto completely unusable line or not. That's a legal loophole that doesn't improve safety.

Well, this is unsurprisingly circling round to the problem that infrastructure in the UK costs far more to construct than it should. The UK is consistently one of the most expensive countries to build infrastructure in, it's clear that a large chunk of that is not due to immutable factors like...

Also, I doubt batteries are going to allow for easy removal of drivers, since it's not like self-evacuation is allowed on unelectrified lines...

Do you really see Class 185-esque stock on the sort of routes that IETs operate here on the Continent, though?

Er, no they didn't. Rouen's original tram network was closed in 1953. The current tram network first opened in 1994.

Doesn't seem to be anything in English on them, I was relying on Google-translated Korean websites, hence why I didn't give a name.

Interesting - looks like a continued emphasis from Labour on planning deregulation and devolution. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-mass-transit-taskforce-to-reshape-the-future-of-transport-in-towns-and-cities

Having done some research, as far as I can tell the oldest intercity rolling stock in South Korea are a small number of 1996-built loco-hauled coaches.

The controversial transit academic Alon Levy has posted a blog post critiquing the idea that "feast and famine" funding is the cause of high costs (especially regarding electrification etc.) and that focussing on securing regular funding should be a priority for those seeking to get things done...

As far as I can tell the oldest operating express stock on Japanese railways is the sole remaining Kintetsu 16000 series two-car unit, built in 1977.

Well, he isn't proposing "Japanese culture" - he's proposing the signage etc. that Japan does to reduce dwell times.

But the Tokaido Shinkansen was absolutely about taking the fast trains off the existing network, and it makes much more frequent stops than HS2.

The official line from Shizuoka Prefecture, the prefecture in question, was that they were concerned with tunnel construction creating water leaks that would lower the water level. Many political analysts believed that the real reason was that Shizuoka Prefecture wanted a station serving...

But what about starting installation of tracks etc. in areas where the civils have been completed even if they haven't been completed on the entire route?

According to the Bank of England's inflation calculator, £32.7bn in 2011 prices is £49.3bn in 2026 prices.

The problem with the idea that a vertically integrated private railway provide a better result than the privatised system the UK actually adopted is that it seems unlikely a private company would be able to change the status quo of the railways as a whole being unprofitable. The end result would...

From what I've heard Chapter 11 is more likely. Apparently they're just barely managing to break even operationally at the moment after years of making an operational loss.

Normally trains from both systems through-run, and indeed rail companies will pretty much always have their own stock regardless of how short the line or who actually operates it - e.g. the 2.5 mile-long Yokohama Minatomirai line, effectively an extension of the Tokyu Toyoko line and operated by...