Railway Magazine  |  1422 - September 2019
CONTROVERSIAL as it is, the plans to build HS2 are now subject to a review relating to its benefits and costs. As a key infrastructure project, HS2 has certainly polarised public opinion, but as a project it is still surrounded by outright lies, coupled with misinformation, which has been picked up and presented as ‘fact’ by the mainstream media.
It’s a situation which has not been helped by the relatively silent HS2 PR teams, although they are improving with their messages.
The latest thinking to be aired from the so-called ‘railway experts’ is the re use of the abandoned Great Central (GC) main line to create the additional capacity, instead of building HS2. Most readers will be aware that in the 50 years since the last section of the line was closed, large chunks of the original GC infrastructure has disappeared completely or been built upon.
The fact it goes nowhere near Birmingham, Britain’s second city and the whole raison d’être for HS2, seems to have been overlooked, too.
Such crazy suggestions merely dilute public opinion even further. There’s a couple of rather important heritage railways operating on the old alignment, too!
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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in Railway Magazine 1422 - September 2019.