teuchter
je suis teuchter
As far as I understand from details elsewhere, the route & spec would be pretty much exactly what was planned for HS2.Would it be a similar high speed link though?
HS2 high-speed London-Birmingham route rail project - discussion
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prunus
Tick tock.
HS too then.
Dogsauce
I’ve got Skol but I’m not a Scholar
They were talking about a lower speed, more like a conventional line (125-140mph), but that makes little difference in cost with a new build as you want to build it as straight as possible anyway to save on land take. Might as well build it as planned as the not insignificant design cost had already been spent.
MickiQ
In My Defence I was left Unsupervised
HS2.1
T & P
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But surely the trainsets will be much cheaper and more widely available to acquire than those capable of 225 mph...
Crispy
The following psytrance is baṉned: All
Only if they run Birmingham-Manchester. If they run on to London then they have to match speed or it'll screw up the timetable.
prunus
Tick tock.
This will be solved by limiting the speed on the Birmingham-London leg to 125mph, mark my words.
WouldBe
Dislicksick
So LS2 then.
T & P
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It’s certainly going to be a lamentable underutilisation of the trainsets. Even the real-world expected speed of 320 kph, it would save passengers what, 15-odd minutes on what would have already been a very fast journey if run with existing 145 mph stock? But I guess they’re now locked in a contract with Altsom. Though frankly they m’d be better off selling them a country with a real HS network.
gosub
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Four Basingstoke roads part of £8.45m maintenance scheme using reallocated HS2 funds
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blossie33
trailer trash
Residents in the Old Oak Common area not happy about this
Old Oak Common: Anger as HS2 plans four-year main road closure
Residents say they are "shattered" their main road could be closed for HS2 station works.
www.bbc.co.uk
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Books, not bombs
HS2 has certainly turned into one huge shambles, made worse by cancelling it in many parts. All those poor home owners that have lost their homes, the farmers who have lost generations is farming. What will happen to those places.
We went up to Willesden Junction at the weekend to have a nosy. It is madness to halt it there. It a a massive site, or at least that's how it looks.
I didn't realise it was such an issue for Wales as are trains generally.
www.theguardian.com
We went up to Willesden Junction at the weekend to have a nosy. It is madness to halt it there. It a a massive site, or at least that's how it looks.
I didn't realise it was such an issue for Wales as are trains generally.
Call it the Great Welsh Train Robbery – a £4bn HS2 scandal happening in plain sight | Will Hayward
Thanks to a ministerial sleight of hand, the cost to Wales, already plagued by poor rail services, has been huge, says Guardian columnist Will Hayward
Talk of reinstating HS2 as far as Crewe.
www.placenorthwest.co.uk
Government rumoured to reintroduce HS2 to Crewe - Place North West
The Labour government is expected to announce the reversing of former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's decision to cut HS2's northern leg between Birmingham and Crewe, according to media reports.
www.placenorthwest.co.uk
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Books, not bombs
I have passed Alstom's a few times this week at it has looked rather sad and redundant. It would be great if this did go ahead
www.theguardian.com
‘Best-in-class’ seats and no bog-standard loos: first look at HS2 train interiors
Carriages for controversial high-speed line focus on passenger comfort, innovations and headroom, mock-ups reveal
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Books, not bombs
It hasn't happened yet.
I'm guessing the Lizzy line and the overground don't have them because they stop frequently, where hopefully you will find one whereas London to Brum is non stop or limited stops.
Elpenor
a clown’s heart and a mandolin
I didn’t think there were toilets at the stops on Crossrail or the tube
hash tag
Books, not bombs
There must be some somewhere; Clapham Junction, willesden junction, Stratford I am guessing. There must be more...Liverpool street for certainI didn’t think there were toilets at the stops on Crossrail or the tube
tim
EXPLODED TIM! (Help me!!!)
I didn’t think there were toilets at the stops on Crossrail or the tube
Here's a map of stations where you can spend a penny.
And here is a spreadsheet giving details of toilets and where needed their keypad codes for cafes, pubs, and restaurants in London.
teuchter
je suis teuchter
Lots of those HS2 trains will go further than Birmingham.
Elpenor
a clown’s heart and a mandolin
Will they? I thought it was going to end at Birmingham as things stand, I’ve heard talk of ending at Crewe but nothing concrete
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
Better still if there were bogs on the trains so that those who need to go frequent don't have to keep interrupting their journeys to do so.
WouldBe
Dislicksick
Not unless the HS2 project is reinstated.
belboid
Exasperated, not angry.
The trains may well do so, they are designed to travel on the existing network as well.Not unless the HS2 project is reinstated.
lazythursday
Averagely-Known Member
Yes, at least some of the trains will go to Manchester regardless of the line being built from what I understand - putting additional pressure on an already at capacity infrastructure.
WouldBe
Dislicksick
If they can get onto the existing network.
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