High-speed rail plans announced by government.

[Mudgie]

I never saw a Eurostar, but I do remember the poster and worked out that you could go to Avignon on a day trip, with about three or four hours there.

I 'think' that I had a 'handout' timetable, which I may still have...

The APT spent a bit of time leaning over on the tight bend behind GEC

I think the tight bend behind GEC might be about the tightest on the West Coast Main Line.
The original plan was to go straighter, roughly through Bridge Street, but a land owner wouldn't sell. Details are in the William Salt Library.

 

[Gramaisc]

I think the tight bend behind GEC might be about the tightest on the West Coast Main Line.
The original plan was to go straighter, roughly through Bridge Street, but a land owner wouldn't sell. Details are in the William Salt Library.

It stopped on the bend a few times.

Thirty years ago, we were about to find out this was drivel, too.

 

[Mudgie]

It stopped on the bend a few times.

Thirty years ago, we were about to find out this was drivel, too.

Electrification to Cardiff.
That wasn't a bad idea !

And now of course Eurostar has to run at well below capacity because the stations weren't built for the time now taken to process passengers outwith the EU.

 

[Thehooperman]

Theo Clarke Statement -

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=855876185905767&id=100044501796680

Shame because now she won't be able to get up to her constituency via Handsacre as fast ..........................oh hang on, silly me thinking Theo would ever dream of heading north.

 

[proactive]

Shame because now she won't be able to get up to her constituency via Handsacre as fast ..........................oh hang silly me thinking Theo would ever dream of heading north.

Actually I saw Theo walking up the Newport Road the other day with her minder (the much missed ex councillor Trowbridge). I deliberately didn't post on here about it at the time as the security risk to the blessed Theo being mobbed by her adoring fans, would have been too great

 

[Studio Tan]

Thought the reference to “a golf club split in half” referred to someone whacking Cameron with a 9 iron for dreaming up the entire HS2 vanity project in the first place !

 

[tek-monkey]

Thought the reference to “a golf club split in half” referred to someone whacking Cameron with a 9 iron for dreaming up the entire HS2 vanity project in the first place !

Been in power so long they're going back on their own mistakes, but it's all still Labours fault!

 

[Mudgie]

Thought the reference to “a golf club split in half” referred to someone whacking Cameron with a 9 iron for dreaming up the entire HS2 vanity project in the first place !

The nation's split on half, never been more divided, and all she's bothered about is a golf club !

 

[Thehooperman]

The nation's split on half, never been more divided, and all she's bothered about is a golf club !

Yep, it's all balls isn't it?

 

[Theresa Green]

 

[Lucy]

Went to London today. Someone's forgot to tell the contractors to stop working on the HS2 site at Euston.

 

[basil]

Went to London today. Someone's forgot to tell the contractors to stop working on the HS2 site at Euston.

90 days notice?.......

 

[Theresa Green]

Went to London today. Someone's forgot to tell the contractors to stop working on the HS2 site at Euston.

Sunak has already sold the entire site to his pals

Now Being readied to parcel off and sell on

 

[tek-monkey]

Still think toll road, be perfect!

 

[Theresa Green]

Oligarchs Way

 

[Thehooperman]

Went to London today. Someone's forgot to tell the contractors to stop working on the HS2 site at Euston.

Some HS2 work is still progressing around Euston such as the tunnels to Old Oak Common are still being constructed.

Also they have work to do to make the existing works safe to be left such as the partial demolition of the old parcel deck and the partitioning between the HS2 side of Euston and the operational working railway.

It's not as simple as just down tools and stop either ready to restart at a later date or to abort the works entirely.

 

[rudie111]

Went to London today. Someone's forgot to tell the contractors to stop working on the HS2 site at Euston.

Had some involvement in the temporary modular building installed there. The money wasted is eye watering!

 

[tek-monkey]

Had some involvement in the temporary modular building installed there. The money wasted is eye watering!

Yeah, but its not 'their' money. As long as mates get rich the end goal is irrelevant, as we can see by the fact we're still spending most of the money but getting less than half the promised deliverable.

 

[Noah]

As far as I know it is only the Birmingham to Manchester bit that has been cancelled, the London to Birmingham stretch is still going ahead (at least for the moment)

 

[tek-monkey]

Not into London anymore though? Somewhere outside.