New high speed rail link ...is it worth it ?
13-01-2012, 13:27
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Re: New high speed rail link ...is it worth it ?
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The less stops there are, the less people benifit!
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well i give up ,anyone else care to join me at the wall
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13-01-2012, 13:36
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Re: New high speed rail link ...is it worth it ?
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Originally Posted by martyh
well i give up ,anyone else care to join me at the wall
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For phase 1 (London to Birmingham), we could have Station around the Chiltern District area!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiltern_(district)
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For phase 2 (Birmingham to Leeds/Manchester) we could have statiosn at Stoke on Trent, East Midlands and Sheffield!
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13-01-2012, 13:36
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Re: New high speed rail link ...is it worth it ?
They don't want it.
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13-01-2012, 13:38
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Re: New high speed rail link ...is it worth it ?
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They don't want it.
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Who does not want it?
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Information about plans for HS2 reach Scotland:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/poli...-Scotland.html
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13-01-2012, 13:38
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Re: New high speed rail link ...is it worth it ?
The chilterners.
Anyway, I'm out of here. You've made it quite clear there's no point in discussing anything with you.
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13-01-2012, 13:38
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Re: New high speed rail link ...is it worth it ?
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Originally Posted by Alan Fry
For phase 1 (London to Birmingham), we could have Station around the Chiltern District area!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiltern_(district)
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For phase 2 (Birmingham to Leeds/Manchester) we could have statiosn at Stoke on Trent, East Midlands and Sheffield! |
just repeating yourself doesn't make it any more sensible
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13-01-2012, 13:40
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Re: New high speed rail link ...is it worth it ?
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The chilterners.
Anyway, I'm out of here. You've made it quite clear there's no point in discussing anything with you.
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Would they still objected if they had station nearby, that could be of benifit (London to Chilterns in 10 minutes)
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just repeating yourself doesn't make it any more sensible
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I was clarifying what I was saying about this matter!
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13-01-2012, 14:21
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Re: New high speed rail link ...is it worth it ?
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Would they still objected if they had station nearby, that could be of benifit (London to Chilterns in 10 minutes)
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I was clarifying what I was saying about this matter!
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Couple of facts, which you will hopefully take note of.
a) The Chiltern Line is currently having a £250 million upgrade (started 2010, ends 2013), part of which is to reduce journey times.
b) HS2 is a high-speed link, not a short-distance commuter link
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13-01-2012, 14:34
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Re: New high speed rail link ...is it worth it ?
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Couple of facts, which you will hopefully take note of.
a) The Chiltern Line is currently having a £250 million upgrade (started 2010, ends 2013), part of which is to reduce journey times.
b) HS2 is a high-speed link, not a short-distance commuter link
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Well when it opens in 2026 it will effectively become a communiter line to Birmingham, London to Sutton Coldfield (via HS2 and local rail line) be less than 90 minutes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sutton_Coldfield
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13-01-2012, 14:35
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Re: New high speed rail link ...is it worth it ?
Not if it has to keep stopping on the way....
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Re: New high speed rail link ...is it worth it ?
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Not if it has to keep stopping on the way....
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Even they it would be less then 2 hours which is the length of some communiter journeys by Londoners!
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Re: New high speed rail link ...is it worth it ?
I bet it frequently becomes as overcrowded as other mainstream train services with many being left to stand. 
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13-01-2012, 14:46
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Re: New high speed rail link ...is it worth it ?
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Even they it would be less then 2 hours which is the length of some communiter journeys by Londoners!
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The present train takes just under two hours to get to Birmingham, and after the Chiltern Line upgrade will take an hour and a half.
Really, you do seem to be missing the point of HS2, which is to provide high speed links to Birmingham and beyond, not between London and Brum.
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13-01-2012, 14:53
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Re: New high speed rail link ...is it worth it ?
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The present train takes just under two hours to get to Birmingham, and after the Chiltern Line upgrade will take an hour and a half.
Really, you do seem to be missing the point of HS2, which is to provide high speed links to Birmingham and beyond, not between London and Brum.
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Do you mean 2 hours to Birmingham City centre, I mean less than 2 hours (or even 90 minutes) from Sutton Coldfield (a a suburb of Birmingham) to London City Centre (if the Chiltern Station is built), so HS2 still saves time (even by building a Chiltern Station)
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13-01-2012, 15:02
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Re: New high speed rail link ...is it worth it ?
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I bet it frequently becomes as overcrowded as other mainstream train services with many being left to stand. |
I may be wrong here, but I thought most (if not all) High Speed rail lines operate with designated seating, so no more tickets are sold once all seats are taken.
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