High Speed Trains Between London And The North

[P.K.]

I don't suppose anyone NEEDS 60 minutes cut from the journey time but it would be progress and useful for a lot of people.

 

Just like when we got trains in the first place and they were much faster than stage coaches to get from town to town, same with the motorways.

 

As Cameron and his mates have been saying, if our grandparents and great grandparents did not build the UKs infrastructure years ago we would be a lot worse off now.

 

Do you live in a place that HS1/2 will pass through by any chance?

 

If it took some lorries off the roads then all well and good. But it's just about shifting people. If it's that urgent then go by plane!

 

Doesn't go near us and the exorbitant fares likely to be charged will make it easy to avoid!

[Blade Runner]

The fact that trains have wifi actually make speed on the trains much less important.

Generally, people travelling on trains for business will be white collar types who work behind a computer.

For the most part, they can work as easily on the train as in the office now.

Ten years ago they couldn't and, in terms of work, time spent on a train was wasted time.

The chances are that by the time HS2 is built in the mid 2030s, they'll be able to do a lot more work on the train.

These business types just have to schedule their meetings with others around the time that the train arrives in London or Manchester/Leeds/Birmingham.

For those that need to get to London quickly for whatever reason, there's always the plane.

The prices are not that far different now and won't be until the UK/EU take climate change seriously and taxes them out of business.

 

All good points apart from the "Take the Plane" part.

 

A plane journey between London and say, Manchester airport, even now, will take longer overall, than taking the current train between those two places.

 

Once HS1/2 are built, there will be no comparison, who would want to fly when it will take about 4 times longer?

 

With environmental taxes/ pressures etc. It will be doubtful if planes are still allowed to do domestic flights like that....................