Could HS1 have continued to North Pole?

[Sad Sprinter]

Just a thought, you could tunnel there in about 5 miles and I suppose use the route for a new St Pancras to Heathrow service too.

 

[Dr Hoo]

Just a thought, you could tunnel there in about 5 miles and I suppose use the route for a new St Pancras to Heathrow service too.

How, and what sort of route? I’m struggling to see it diving under the middle of Camden. Remember how the HS2 > HS1 link plan collapsed for not really addressing that challenge.
Temple Mills was actually relatively simple as an adjunct to the Stratford International ‘box’.

 

[Akela]

I think you’d need more than 5 miles of track to get to the North Pole!