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MAKEORBREAK REVIEW FOR HS2
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This issue was published on September 4, 2019.
The next will be on sale on October 2, 2019 .
ONTROVERSIAL as it is, the plans to build
HS2 are now subject to a review relating to
its benefits and costs.
As a key infrastructure project, HS2 has
certainly polarised public opinion, but as a project
it is still surrounded by outright lies, coupled with
misinformation, which has been picked up and
presented as ‘fact’ by the mainstream media. It’s a
situation which has not been helped by the relatively
silent HS2 PR teams, although they are improving
with their messages.
The latest thinking to be aired from the
so-called ‘railway experts’ is the re-use of the
abandoned Great Central (GC) main line to create
the additional capacity, instead of building HS2.
Most readers will be aware that in the 50
years since the last section of the line was closed,
large chunks of the original GC infrastructure has
disappeared completely or been built upon. The fact
it goes nowhere near Birmingham, Britain’s second
city and the whole
raison d’être
for HS2, seems to
have been overlooked, too. Such crazy suggestions
merely dilute public opinion even further. There’s
a couple of rather important heritage railways
operating on the old alignment, too!
Many don’t want HS2, for a whole variety of
reasons, including its excessive cost, visual intrusion,
lack of immediate benefit, and environmental
reasons, but surely, if we are serious about reducing
carbon emissions and pollution, then getting people
out of cars and onto trains powered by electricity is
the way forward, rather than widening motorways
and building new bypasses, which only seem to
encourage road use.
Campaigners against HS2 say they want
improvements to existing lines, but have they taken
a close look to see how such a demand can be
realistically achieved without the visual intrusion,
lack of benefit, environmental reasons, and vast
displacement of businesses and people they claim
will blight HS2?
I recall similar controversies during the planning
of HS1 through Kent, but now the line forms a
major rail artery to the ‘Garden of England’ and
Europe.
By the end of the year, a decision on whether to
continue or cancel HS2 should be known. Because
railways have such heavy political overtones,
the effect of short-term decisions by politicians
Editor’s
Comment
are always felt for a long time afterwards – the
cancellation of electrification schemes being a
perfect example.
If the review recommends a cancellation of
HS2, what happens then?
You could argue 10 years of work and £6billion
will have been wasted, and we’d be no nearer to
finding a solution to solving the growing capacity
issues, particularly at the south end of the West
Coast Main Line.
It would be a case of back to the drawing board,
doubtless followed by further controversy, protests
and rows over costs covering new proposals.
Let’s not forget one of the aims of HS2 was
to open up more capacity for passenger services
by relieving pressure on the three main lines – the
West Coast, East Coast and Midland routes – by
removing many long-distance services and creating
capacity for additional commuter traffic and freight.
On the West Coast alone, passenger numbers
are predicted to rise by one third by 2026, from 45
to 60million, so cancelling HS2 will simply consign
passengers to many more years of overcrowding
misery.
HS2 would, as a completed project, also
provide vastly improved connectivity, linked to
the planned HS3, but also have the potential to
substantially reduce the number of flights from
Manchester, Newcastle, Glasgow and Edinburgh
to London, which create a massive and often
overlooked carbon footprint.
The line also has the provision for much-needed
regeneration and growth away from the South East.
So, HS2 is left in a cleft stick situation – do you
plough on regardless of cost, knowing the ultimate
benefits to the economies in the Midlands and the
North are far more important, or instead bite the
bullet and kiss goodbye to the £6bn already spent?
It’s going to be a tough call.
CHRIS MILNER, Editor
September 2019 •
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September 2019. No. 1,422. Vol 165. A journal of record since 1897.
Contents
MAIN IMAGE:
Abellio's
new East Midlands
Railway franchise was
launched on August 19
with DEMU No. 222104
the first to carry the
operator's new livery.
On launch day, the
‘Meridian’ stands at
Nottingham.
TONY MILES
Headline News
On the cover
The first TransPennine Express‘Nova 3’set headed by Class 68
No. 68027
Splendid
enters service on the 05.55 Manchester
Victoria-Liverpool Lime Street service on August 24.
TONY MILES
INSET 1:
The Morpeth
rail disasters under the
spotlight.
INSET 2:
A tribute
to Vale of Rheidol
Railway saviour Peter
Rampton.
INSET 3:
Network Rail’s test trains in focus.
First/Trenitalia winsWest Coast Partnership contest,
Government calls in rail experts to review HS2, Southeastern
franchise competition cancelled, green light for £75million
Levenmouth reopening, NR unveilsYorkshire trans-Pennine
upgrade plans,‘Azuma’makes Scottish debut.
Track Record
The Railway Magazine’s
monthly news digest
70 Steam & Heritage
Battlefield Line secures
Dinmore Manor
visit, Severn
Valley announces Autumn gala guests, BR green for
Cheltenham,
‘Patriot’ moves to new base, Oswestry
clears route for extension, £330k engineering loss for
Llangollen.
76 Industrial
79 Steam Portfolio
80 Irish
82 Narrow Gauge
84 Miniature
86 Metro
87 Freight
88 Network
92 Classic Traction
Sheffield City Region's
rail strategy includes
a proposal for a new
station in Rotherham.
On July 27, No. 50008
Thunderer
passes
the remains of
Masborough station
with the return leg
of a Derby to Carlisle
Branch Line Society
charter.
LES NIXON
Two generations of GWR 4-6-0 meet at Didcot Railway
Centre as ‘Hall’ No. 5900
Hinderton Hall
comes face-to-face
with ‘Saint’ No. 2999
Lady of Legend.
MARTYN TATTAM
95 Classic Traction Portfolio
96 World
100 Railtours
103 Railtours Portfolio
104 Traction & Stock
Northern withdraws first ‘Pacers’, TPE accepts ‘Nova 2’
EMU, Anglia ‘FLIRT’ diagrams increase as more arrive in
UK, Gospel Oak to Barking ‘710’ fleet accepted.
The Railway Magazine's
audited circulation of
34,543 copies per month
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107 Stock Update
108 Traction Portfolio
110 Operations
Regulars
52 Wordsearch Competition
54 Meetings
56 Reviews
56 Railways in Parliament
58 Readers’ Platform
60 Subscription Offer
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64 Panorama
Our regular gallery of the best railway photography from
around the world.
Panorama: One of the world’s most famous nameplates
receives a final polish from Grahame Dryden at Didcot
Railway Centre on August 28, 2017, during a visit by ‘A3’
No. 60103
Flying Scotsman.
JACK BOSKETT
68 From
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116 Heritage Diary
129 Reader Services
130 Crossword and Where is it?
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