Stop HS2 - Channel 4 News, Pete Waterman & Joe Rukin
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Nobody is saying we should never of built the channel tunnel.
But we're all thinking it....
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Perhaps reopening (where practical) some of the lines closed by Beeching, would help.
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How about a network of underground trains, running at at least 200mph, going from every city to every city in a fraction of the time, and I don't want it done by 2026, i want the whole thing finished by 2012! This proposal is so weak.
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I fail to see how a family moving out of London, creating commuter towns and pushing up house prices for locals is benefiting the local community or business sector. Perhaps someone could explain what I'm not getting ?
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@westcountrytelevisio Thanks very much for your highly considered view based on facts Mr Waterman!
PS; I'm sure it'll be great news for the West Country!
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@StopHS2 Sorry, Black signs (paint on posts actually) at Cov Station, Ones elsewhere are yellow.
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HS1 passenger numbers were overestimated but economic benefits were WILDLY UNDERESTIMATED by TWENTY TIMES.
And yet all we hear about is house prices and Daily Mail Politics.
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Pete was right in that the network is at capacity for the amount of trains but extra carriages on those that already run is very possible up to 12.
However longer term even that may not be enough making all the current services 12 car based on growth scenario's. This would mean additonal track capacity, improved signalling which is never cheap but the question is do we want that or need that to be 300kmh, over the whole section.
The reason I left the headline as read out at the start of the programme was because Jon Sonw said he was in favour of HS2 in the green room and asked me about that issue. I gave him too strong an answer for his agenda, so he didn't ask the question that he trailed the programme with...
StopHS2 6 months ago 3
@StopHS2 *Jon Snow*
StopHS2 6 months ago