I can't remember if I've ranted on about HS2 before or not, but it's such an eyewatering project (money-wise) that is deserve an airing. The Tory government has commissioned a report as to it's viability - a type of business case review if you will. The initial signs were that the chairman was not too impressed with it, then he was overruled (can't remember if he was pushed out or not) and replaced with a guy who is in bed in some kind of way with the contractors, so hardly independent. Indications are that it will get the OK to proceed, but in my opinion is definitely not value for money.
I think the money would be better spent across the whole rail network, not just improving the 2 or 3 hour journey from London to Birmingham.
I think we should copy the Europeans who have double decker carriages, impossible with the bridge height in the UK, but why not start raising them? Every time a new one is repaired/replaced then we move one stop nearer. Could be some that are of historical importance, in which case we have to go round them or dig deeper. This would increase capacity (possibly double it) and let the normal technology advances speed up the journey times.
Sounds easy.
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