We are pleased to have co-signed and supported the open letter sent to the Secretary of State for Transport on August 14th as part of the “Fix the Spine” campaign. This important initiative, which advocates for the completion of the … Read more › “Supporting the “Fix the Spine” Campaign”
It’s all about capacity
The latest report on HS2 from the National Audit Office attracted widespread media coverage.
The trigger was NAO’s realisation that the existing capacity bottleneck south of Stafford would no longer be bypassed by the new line … Read more › “National Audit Office: insights and oversights”
For 15 years, a Government consensus held. The West Coast Main Line was the priority corridor for capacity relief in the form of HS2.
Now, with the section across Cheshire abandoned and completion to Euston fogged by the miasma of … Read more › “West Coast Lessons”
The Government decision in October 2023 to scrap the section of HS2 between the West Midlands and Crewe (Phase 2a), ended a 15-year period of cross-party consensus on the project, and drove a coach and horses through the rail sector’s … Read more › “West Midlands – Crewe: the key choices”
