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HS1 domestic services offer no pointers for HS2 case

William A M Barter, Towcester, Northants, NN12
06 May 2011
Many of the Javelin domestic trains on High Speed 1 are lightly used. But this offers no lessons for High Speed 2, says William Barter
Many of the Javelin domestic trains on High Speed 1 are lightly used. But this offers no lessons for High Speed 2, says William Barter

 

Andrew Gilligan’s comparison between usage of HS1 and HS2 is superficially attractive, but in fact invalid.

Domestic services on HS1 were not the justification for the high-speed line but take the opportunity offered by it to provide new services. There was previously no major market for commuting to North London from East Kent, so there is little existing traffic to transfer onto the new trains. They will fill up in the longer-term because of regeneration to the Kings Cross area of...

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