The annoying thing about HS2 is that is was focused in the north. The link from Birmingham to London was somewhat tacked on to make of more politically palpable to those folk seeming allergic to spending any money outside of the south east. Now the project has been so messed up in its current state it’ll probably make transportation north of Birmingham worse than it currently is.
The north wasn’t set to join up the Northern cities. Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds, New Castle all needs better connection. Going by rail East/West is terrible. Birmingham to London wasn’t even going to be much faster.
The annoying thing about HS2 is that is was focused in the north. The link from Birmingham to London was somewhat tacked on to make of more politically palpable to those folk seeming allergic to spending any money outside of the south east. Now the project has been so messed up in its current state it’ll probably make transportation north of Birmingham worse than it currently is.
The north wasn’t set to join up the Northern cities. Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds, New Castle all needs better connection. Going by rail East/West is terrible. Birmingham to London wasn’t even going to be much faster.