Re: HS2 , Not enough funds !?!
Originally Posted by
The Artful Todger
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HS2 is one part of enhancing our whole rail network. As for environment over profit, the government will be loading costs with taxes for less efficient things in general. It's started already.
But neither the public nor industry use the existing rail network to its full potential. A train can never offer the convenience of being able to travel from door to door, or from factory to customer. HS2 is planned to have even fewer stops on its route than with the system that already exists. I also expect HS2 will be very expensive to use, there is an awfully big investment to claw back.
I'm all for rail transport, but I can't see it ever being cheap enough or convenient enough for modern needs.