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my suggestion for having a full link from hs1 to hs2 from day one is that some domestic services could bypass euston/st pancras and distribute london bound passengers at old oak, stratford then continue to ebbsfleet / ashford with some continuing along the great eastern main line. most...

we shouldn't have to but calling it high speed seems to provide critics with a stick with which to beat it ! i just wondered if we could have a better name that encompassed all the positive aspects this line can be provide. It should be something to be proud of - we just like being negative in...

I suggest that the existing and proposed high speed (HS) lines be renamed. Does anyone agree with me and does anyone have any suggestions ? My reasoning is that the high speed aspect of hs2 seems to be like a magnet for critics of the line who believe that the purpose of the line is to save...

the link from hs1 to hs2 should be double track. a single connection would be a true false economy that would cost more and cause disruption when it was eventually built. double track throughout the link would allow more through domestic and international services. less euston terminating...

if clive doesnt think there will be enough passengers for hs2 because we will all be sitting at home on our laptops, how does he justify his backbone of britain rail plan stopping at every hamlet along the way ? and at the risk of repetition when critics say we should upgrade the existing...

I sympathise with clive also. i can understand that it is very hard if you have to move home or be disadvantaged in some way for the greater good particularly if you are not sure by how much or even if you will be recompensed financially. it appears the scope of this has been increased by...

to greenback - there isnt any confusion, hs2 is needed to provide extra capacity and provide modal shift. barlow boy - what evidence do you have that the line will cost more than projected - hs1 was completed on time and on budget. and hs2 will be likely built in a time when contractors will...

the problem is that some of those opposed to hs2 do not state where their allegiances lie nor why they are coming to the conclusions they are. it is one thing being concerned if you think you may have to move or that the line should be routed this way or that to avoid a school or a site of...

I think we are in agreement that it would not make sense to not connect both high speed lines, wherever the tunnels go ! In some ways this is the most important part of the line. In france the biggest weakness of the lgv lines is all the times lost transferring between Gares du Nord and Lyon and...

I really dont understand some of the statements on here at all ! People complain that hs2 wont have the numbers and costs too much and doesnt benefit anyone. Then complain that it doesnt serve less highly populated areas. The last time I looked London was the largest city in england and...

the javelins would be used as through services in my plan so wouldnt go in to st pancras anymore. also the services that I suggested would be through services so you wouldnt need as much end terminal capacity. obviously mml trains would have to go somewhere else - i have an idea about that too ...

yestohs2 is absolutely correct to state that the notohs2's are as entitled to their views and opinion as are those of us who support it like I do and I am totally open about that. the only way hs2 will go ahead is if the reasoned factual arguments win through and if those opposed to hs2 have...

well hammond has just announced that there WILL be a connection but he hasnt said which one. I think that any tunnel should be used by as many services as possible not just high speed services - so a sort of super crossrail ! This would ensure greater viability. I also think that it would...

I have heard that in next years timetable there won't be as many trains stopping in either stevenage or peterborough which as a resident of welwyn gc would lengthen journey times. if hs2 provides congestion relief to the ecml like some well known flu remedies then perhaps more stopping or at...

I think as someone as already posted that bimodal trains like the french agv or the suggested meridien voyager with added pantograph car. I also think that range extender idea about to be introduced in several cars be worth exploring. The old class 73 was similar I believe in that it had a...

Lets convert the metropolitan line branch that goes from Rickmansworth to Watford central into a tram line and join this to the Croxley Green line to Watford Junction. This would be much cheaper then either extending the met or reopening Croxley Green. The line could then cross the WCML on a...

I havent posted on here for a while and have just read through this thread and have some observations. I general I am an HSR supporter but would like to see the Chilterns protected as much as possible. Firstly I notice that some people get really rude and abusive. Everyone has a right to...

But as I said before we spent a huge amount of money and time and disruption rebuilding WCML. We could have had adecent stretch of hsl for that amount of money. The primary reason for hsl is to increase capacity so that more people can use rail which pollutes less than any other source...

the comments here are so depressing and negative and this on a so called enthusiasts site. firstly this idea that somehow Gordon Brown caused all the economic problems is ludicrous I would like to see some of the commentators trying to run the country. We are potentially in a very exciting...