HS2 is a story of the incompetence of British industry, the corruption in the British political system, and a complete failure to achieve the initial goals of the project (to connect Northern England to London).
It’s depressing how much Britain’s construction industry has been gutted by decades of neoliberal policy, it’s depressing how the land that has already been acquired for use in HS2 is now going to be sold off for pennies on the dollar, and it’s depressing how this will only serve to further the wealth gap between the two biggest urban areas and the rest of the country.
the initial goals of the project (to connect Northern England to London).
This was never the goal. Northern England is already connected to London. But the trains to London use the same trains as local commuter trains, which don’t work as a reliable commuter service because they have to squeeze into the gaps between fast trains, and get held up every time a fast train is running late.
HS2 is about giving the fast trains their own track so that local trains can function properly.
From what I gathered, though, the high-speed connection got support from Northern England only because of the connections up to Manchester and Leeds lol.
HS2 is a story of the incompetence of British industry, the corruption in the British political system, and a complete failure to achieve the initial goals of the project (to connect Northern England to London).
It’s depressing how much Britain’s construction industry has been gutted by decades of neoliberal policy, it’s depressing how the land that has already been acquired for use in HS2 is now going to be sold off for pennies on the dollar, and it’s depressing how this will only serve to further the wealth gap between the two biggest urban areas and the rest of the country.
This was never the goal. Northern England is already connected to London. But the trains to London use the same trains as local commuter trains, which don’t work as a reliable commuter service because they have to squeeze into the gaps between fast trains, and get held up every time a fast train is running late.
HS2 is about giving the fast trains their own track so that local trains can function properly.
Thanks for the correction!
From what I gathered, though, the high-speed connection got support from Northern England only because of the connections up to Manchester and Leeds lol.