HS2 - Government proposals, alternative routes and general discussion

[whole diary]

[TonyK]

Claire Young is MP^▸ (Member of Parliament, or Mile Post (a method of measuring the railway in miles and chains from a starting point - usually London), depending on context) for Thornbury and Yate, in a constituency which includes a section of the main London to South Wales line on it with a single station which at present does not have a regular scheduled local service to London, being served by only by trains from Cardiff running to and through Bristol toward the West Country - indeed as far as Penzance.

Are the 26 trains mentioned a fresh announcement or are they the class 175 units which will be very welcome.

Is Claire the LibDem Transport spokesman? That would explain why it was her that mentioned these?
I reckon it's the 175s (correct number of units).

Paul Kohler - MP for Wimbledon - in the Commons
Baroness Pidgeon - in the Lords

So she isn't the transport spokesperson, doesn't have a station in her constituency which will be affected either way, and has started announcing things that are already under way, something traditionally done by the government rather than the opposition. The news that trains will not be stopping at a station that hasn't been built yet is unlikely to have champagne corks popping amongst even her more fervent supporters, and will only be true for as long as the various bodies involved think that trains stopping at OOC^▸ (Old Oak Common (depot)) is not a good idea.

[TaplowGreen]

Claire Young is MP^▸ (Member of Parliament, or Mile Post (a method of measuring the railway in miles and chains from a starting point - usually London), depending on context) for Thornbury and Yate, in a constituency which includes a section of the main London to South Wales line on it with a single station which at present does not have a regular scheduled local service to London, being served by only by trains from Cardiff running to and through Bristol toward the West Country - indeed as far as Penzance.

Are the 26 trains mentioned a fresh announcement or are they the class 175 units which will be very welcome.

Is Claire the LibDem Transport spokesman? That would explain why it was her that mentioned these?
I reckon it's the 175s (correct number of units).

Paul Kohler - MP for Wimbledon - in the Commons
Baroness Pidgeon - in the Lords

So she isn't the transport spokesperson, doesn't have a station in her constituency which will be affected either way, and has started announcing things that are already under way, something traditionally done by the government rather than the opposition. The news that trains will not be stopping at a station that hasn't been built yet is unlikely to have champagne corks popping amongst even her more fervent supporters, and will only be true for as long as the various bodies involved think that trains stopping at OOC^▸ (Old Oak Common (depot)) is not a good idea.

https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/big-u-turn-controversial-railway-10039622?utm_source=linkCopy&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebar

[ChrisB]

I'm not sure that this is within the GWR^▸ (Great Western Railway) remit is it? If the DfT^» (Department for Transport - about) want them to stop, they'll errr....stop.

[TaplowGreen]

More money required for the Acton-Solihull line................

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce3qk6g4692o

[Bob_Blakey]

The entire built-up area of Wendover is separated from the HS2^▸ (The next High Speed line(s)) route, a chunk of which will be hidden in the Wendover Green Tunnel, by the A413. Planning application 25/00406/APP shows that the chamber was proposed to be located on farmland to the NW of Wendover and it appears that it was the Kings Farm track which could have been extended to provide access.

Personally, given the cost so far, I would have approved a new direct access from the A413 with a bridge over the railway.

[TonyK]

This could prove calamitous for Bucks CC if HS2^▸ (The next High Speed line(s)) appeals and wins.

[TaplowGreen]

This could prove calamitous for Bucks CC if HS2^▸ (The next High Speed line(s)) appeals and wins.

Calamity and HS2 are never far apart.

[Mark A]

An on-the-ground account on this Substack blog. The conflict really is dismal.

Mark


https://martinrobbins.substack.com/p/i-visit-britains-most-expensive-farm