Demand for Scottish high-speed rail timetable
BBC News - 16 hours ago
By David Miller BBC Scotland environment correspondent The Scottish government is planning to form an alliance with politicians in the north of England to ensure the planned high-speed rail link extends as far as Edinburgh and Glasgow.
Opponents of high-speed rail link seek judicial review of Government's ...
Daily Mail - 20 hours ago
By Ray Massey Opponents of the Government's controversial £33bn high-speed rail project are to seek a judicial review of ministers' decision to approve the scheme, they announced today. The first phase of line dubbed 'HS2' between London and Birmingham ...
High-speed rail: Stop HS2 group seeks judicial review
BBC News - 20 hours ago
Campaigners against the £33bn high-speed rail project (HS2) are to seek a judicial review of the government's decision to approve the scheme. The first phase of HS2, between London and Birmingham, is scheduled to be running by 2026 and be extended ...
Justine Greening claims HS2 is about 'nuts and bolts of Britain' - click here ...
Aylesbury Today - 49 minutes ago
THE transport secretary has today pledged the new high-speed line will provide up to 18 trains - with up to 1000 seats each – per hour. Ms Greening today delivered a speech (in full below) at the Transport Times Conference – during a one-day conference ...
Scottish government demands HS2 commitment in the north
Comparecarhire.co.uk - 4 hours ago
by Beth Williamson January 26th, 2012 Although the HS2 project in the south of the UK is dividing opinions, the Scottish government is pressing for a firm commitment that the scheme will eventually extend as far north as Glasgow and Edinburgh.
Letter: Why do we need HS2?
shropshirestar.com - 8 hours ago
I have followed with interest the arguments for the proposed high-speed train service between Birmingham and London. In Shropshire, we no longer have a direct service, let alone a high-speed service. Forgive me for being naive but why is a faster ...
Open letter from council leader
Buckinghamshire Advertiser - 17 hours ago
THE announcement by the government to go ahead with HS2 is clearly disappointing if not unexpected. While we may have lost a battle, we are far from losing the campaign and I am determined that we redouble our efforts to stop this ill-conceived project ...
Council leader writes open letter to residents over HS2
Buckingham Today - Jan 25, 2012
The announcement by Justine Greening of the Coalition Government's decision to go ahead with HS2 is clearly disappointing if not unexpected. While we may have lost a battle, we are far from losing the campaign and I am determined that we redouble our ...
London to Birmingham high-speed rail link: A £33bn waste of money, or not?
Metro - Jan 24, 2012
Plans for Britain's proposed high-speed rail link were unveiled this month. Costing more than £30billion, HS2 has been simultaneously hailed as an answer to commuters' transport woes and criticised as a huge waste of taxpayers' money.
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