News
Watch our videos on our youtube channel
You can watch videos featuring various aspects of HS2 on our youtube channel - please click here
On their new website, HS2 Ltd claim that HSR has been a catalyst for regeneration and growth in Lille and Lyon. But these claims do not stand up to scrutiny.
A recent authoritative review of the international evidence shows that in France it has been Paris, not provincial cities, which have gained most from high speed rail.
In Lille, the impact of high speed rail in regenerating central...
Council taxpayers served by the high speed rail network could have to chip in towards the cost of the project, The Daily Telegraph can disclose.
The prospect of cities having to make a contribution was buried in the small print of one of the documents produced by the Department for Transport last week.
It had been thought the £32.7 billion needed to build the 351-mile network from London to...
Cities that are likely to benefit from the proposed HS2 high-speed rail link will be asked to contribute towards the cost of building the new line, it emerged tonight.
News of the potential levy – possibly raised through council tax – took some observers by surprise after it had been assumed the Government would bankroll the entire £33bn project, which will link Yorkshire and the North-west...
I am pro-public transport and so are the Wildlife Trusts. The trusts have furnished HS2 with a huge amount of information about the impact of the proposed routes, and so far there's been no recognition of that information being received or, more importantly, taken into account.
Some of the sites the route is going to affect are incredibly sensitive. Some parts go right through the middle of...
Economics teaches us that a pound is a pound regardless of its origin, and that the economy does not much care whether that is related to something bad (clearing up after a severe flood) or good (a huge order from China for world-beating British products). But nobody really believes this.
Some types of economic activity have long enjoyed a sort of halo effect. Exporting, for one, research ...
It seems ideal, doesn’t it? Tory politicians approving a new high-speed rail link to bring jobs and economic growth to the North.
No, I’m not talking about High Speed 2, the proposed link that will reduce journey times from London to Leeds and Manchester by an hour.
I’m talking about High Speed 1 – the original rail link from the Channel Tunnel to London that was given the go-ahead in the...
The Independent on Sunday canvassed a range of organisations and politicians for their opinion on HS2’s impact on wildlife and habitats. Here are their responses in full.
Hilary Wharf, director, HS2 Action Alliance
“The Government has done everything it can to pretend that HS2 will not have a huge negative environmental impact. But we will lose forever ancient woodlands, wildlife and...
Nick Clegg believes the new high-speed rail link will heal the north-south divide. Others argue that it will worsen the problem. And for the people who live along the proposed route, the line is already having a worrying impact
The lakes at Swillington Farm are a place of calm. You walk down through fields where sheep are grazing to a valley in which the waters are fringed by tall trees.
“...
A Conservative Staffordshire MP has spoken out against the northern extension of the high-speed rail link announced by the Government this week.
Bill Cash, who's the MP for Stone, has called a public meeting this lunchtime to share concerns with his constituents. The proposed line would dramatically cut journey times to London and the North, but would run directly through his constituency....
I guess we are used, in Britain, to trains arriving perpetually late. But by decades? That looks like being the fate of the HS2, whose extended route has just been unveiled.
There is – or rather was – a lot to be said for high speed rail. Fifty years ago bullet trains worked wonders in Japan, just as did the TGV in France three decades ago, and high speed trains in Germany and Spain in the...
Pages
Tweets
-
Maria Eagle's Commons comments today about short haul slots being replaced by long haul flights further undermines HS2's green credentials.
-
If HS2 is about a global race, the finishing line isn't coming into view until 2033
-
51m responds to DfT announcement on HS2 northern route t.co/JoLk9OnT
NB. To change the size of text on this site either press CTRL & mousewheel up or CTRL & +. Alternatively most web browsers have this functionality built into the dropdown menus.