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Rail travellers are bracing themselves for yet more disruption on Britain^s railways, as Bob Crow made the case for industrial action on HS2▸ in approximately fifteen years time.
The high speed link between London and Birmingham should be complete by 2026, just in time for the first drivers^ strike.
Transport experts have welcomed the new rail system, which uses potentially higher speeds to really emphasise the misery of a replacement bus service.
Bob Crow denied that the strike was an opportunistic ego trip, and made some powerful noises as he lobbied his member.
^The risks associated with very, very slightly faster rail travel aren^t fully understood^, declared Crow, ^but I^m sure they can be tempered by a substantial pay rise.^
HS2 strike
Crow claimed that rail workers were unhappy at the prospect of being repeatedly propelled towards Birmingham, at the sort speeds that could cause scenery to blur slightly.
^It^s the passengers I feel sorry for^, claimed Crow, ^m only thinking of them. I want to assure them that when they^re blanked, jostled and sneered at, they^re being taken for granted by some of the most expensive rail workers in Europe.^
Critics of HS2 believe that the ^17bn budget would be better spent elsewhere, or at least used to point trains at somewhere prettier.
With a first class ticket projected to cost ^12,000 by 2026, they claim that Britain^s first high speed rail link will be ^a toy of the rich^.
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