Mr Darling, the former Chancellor, said that spending as much as £70 billion on one railway line could have “catastrophic” consequences for the rest of the network.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/road-and-rail-transport/10261387/Alistair-Darling-UK-rail-network-could-fall-apart-because-of-HS2.html
High speed rail is glamorous. At what price beauty?
Nice pic of the old (Canal with locks) and the new high speed rail
There is always the need to review any project.. The statement that other rail lines will suffer is very important. I've always thought there is the requirement to benefit all projects with the total passenger minutes saved. That is why the NEC shaving 10 minutes off schedules has a much bigger impact than shaving 10 minutes off the Crescent.
That being said shaving 45 minutes CHI - STL will save present rider as well as future riders that have not been tapped.
Thank you for the link. I must agree that high-speed will be a glamorous thing, but not in a high price. In our modern technology world where technology is already tried and tested to be effective at many times, I can't understand how it can possibly take so long and be so expensive to build a HS network in the United Kingdom compared with most other countries that have done it. The channel tunnel was built quite quickly by starting at both ends and meeting in the middle.
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