High Speed Rail Link

Personally I have no opinion on the proposed High Speed Rail Link between London & Birmingham. I won’t be using it and it doesn’t affect me where I live. So other than the fact that I think it a waste of £17.5 Billion at a time when the money could be better used elsewhere, other than being wasted as a prop for a few wealthy commuters so they can have a few extra minutes in bed.

What I do object to is a so called public consultation that does not allow those not in favour of HS2 access to the meeting. To get a ticket to the consultation you have to apply for tickets to a government website. But campaigners from Stop HS2 are being told that there is no room for them, because space is extremely limited.

Os this what is known as a consultation, I would have thought that out of a £17.5 Billion budget a few extra hundred quid could have been found for a bigger venue. Or is it that they just don’t want anybody there who is against it?

You've answered it in one Phil, absolute waste of money for joe soap public.

Is it really only going as far as London?

I believe it will start in London and somewhere north of Brum it will split and fork off to Leeds & Manchester. I also read today that the costs are now estimated at £33 Billion.

Phil

I've forked off to Leeds and Manchester many times in the past but I don't really plan on doing it again anytime soon.
The cost doesn't matter, it's only money being redistributed. We can always print some more, in fact I think I might start doing some myself.

Volty

I agree, when they start talking in Billions it tends to loose all sense of proportion.

Phil

Not a high speed rail link but a link to the google map view of a remote place I visited in 2003. They have a whole load of steam loco's, stationary engines and workshop machinery.
Most of it was made in this country. Just look up Sapacai or Sapacay on google.

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&ie=U...006845&t=h&z=18