National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) Chair Sir John Armitt CBE has aired doubts over the governance of HS2 during a Transport Select Committee hearing.
National Infrastructure Commission chief has doubts over HS2 governance
15/01/2025 in News
National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) Chair Sir John Armitt CBE has aired doubts over the governance of HS2 during a Transport Select Committee hearing.
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Fingers21 - 15/01/2025 21:20
The scheme should of started from north to south then no would not be a option. Also even if it was to choose a city Manchester or Leeds to start with a later date for the other at least it would be built, and less trouble. There again maybe this would be the chance to say HS1 can join HS2 and connect somewhere else other than London after all we have airports and seaport so this would be a extention of that and a rail port you still need your passport or proof to be there. By then government might have your ID on your phone for Railcard/Bus pass/ Passport/Driving licence/ Government Number in one app but security better be there first.
Dr P. N. Jarvis - 16/01/2025 12:11
The rule for any new railway is 'get something running.' Then you have some pennies coming in, and people are encouraged to ride on it. Consultations on the detail of rebuilding little stations along the line do not need to be completed before the line is opened. If you can't afford a new station, you put a hut at the far end and sell tickets from that - until you can afford the real thing. East-West Rail is a classic case - a trial train has been along the line from Oxford at full speed, but there is no word of the line opening to Milton Keynes next May - or indeed, ever.... yet the crowds at the exhibitions show there is a demand for trains. So why the delay? The electrification of the London Midland main line in the 1960s was done by stages - progress traditionally spreads from the North southward - and that worked quite well. The piecemeal development of HS2 is classic of the indecision shown by governments of one complexion or another - if you talk to almost anyone involved in new railways, they cast up their eyes to Heaven if you mention the Department of Transport. Matters seem to have been somewhat better in Scotland and Wales.