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Topic Originator: Dave_1885
Date: Wed 4 Oct 12:28
Extension to Manchester confirmed as cancelled and money being put into existing rail network
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Topic Originator: Buspasspar
Date: Wed 4 Oct 14:42
Aye and pot holes Dave :-))
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Topic Originator: Superally
Date: Wed 4 Oct 20:27
This wouldn`t be an issue if the project started in Manchester or Leeds
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Topic Originator: Berkey
Date: Wed 4 Oct 22:22
Tories now also selling off the land (good deal incoming for current or soon to be donors) so it’s guaranteed never to be built.
How do these project end up with such an overspend, I get there’s an element up corruption built in in terms of who gets the contracts and subsequent increase etc but when you take the p*** so much the project gets cancelled surely means these contractors make less overall?
Back to being drenched in my own negativity….
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Topic Originator: Tad Allagash
Date: Wed 4 Oct 22:58
Do we even need fast trains?
Here’s an idea from marketing guru Rory Sutherland:
The upgrade to the Eurostar services cost £6 billion to shave 30 minutes off the journey to Paris. But by spending one billion pounds – still saving £5 billion – they could have employed the world’s top supermodels to walk up and down the train giving out free bottles of Chateau Petrus, and (here’s the real irony) people would have asked the train to slow down.
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Topic Originator: Tenruh
Date: Thu 5 Oct 05:13
Quote:
Superally, Wed 4 Oct 20:27
This wouldn`t be an issue if the project started in Manchester or Leeds
Alex Salmond in 2013 asked if they would start the project in Carlisle.Then the Scottish Government would fund the link from Scotland to the Northern connection point ( Carlisle)
Post Edited (Thu 05 Oct 05:14)
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Topic Originator: Buspasspar
Date: Thu 5 Oct 16:19
I`ll answer my own question .. The biggest most expensive .. Ill thought waste of our money in my lifetime .. compulsory purchase .. swathes of beautiful country side demolished .. for absolutely Fek All .. From Aunty :-
The HS2 rail line will not be extended to London Euston unless enough private investment is secured for the project.
If cash is not put forward by private funds, the high-speed line will only run from Birmingham to Old Oak Common in the capital`s western suburbs.
The government has said it is "getting a grip of plans" for Euston, adding there had been two "unaffordable designs" for a "gold-plated" station.
It has cut the number of platforms for high-speed trains from 11 to six.
As part of the now scaled-back proposals, a planned pedestrian tunnel linking Euston station with the nearby Euston Square tube station has also been scrapped.
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Topic Originator: wee eck
Date: Thu 5 Oct 16:35
When they say it`s going to `save` money do they factor in the amount by which it is already over budget?
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Topic Originator: Buspasspar
Date: Thu 5 Oct 16:40
No Danger wee eck
They are sh1tting themselves .. will be interesting over the coming years to see who has made fortunes from ruining other peoples lives
Get yer savings into pothole fixing and vape shops
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Topic Originator: LochgellyAlbert
Date: Thu 5 Oct 18:23
I believe Boris`s father is a beneficiary?🤔💰💰💰
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Topic Originator: Andrew283
Date: Fri 6 Oct 08:47
Major public enquiry required for this. Billions chucked down the train for a vanity project for London with next to no benefit for anyone.
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