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We need high-speed rail, but not HS2

Graham Nalty
16 December 2016
 

The letters from Jonathan Tyler and Tony Bolden (LTT 25 Nov) highlight the flaws in HS2 that still persist despite many warnings to ministers. Perhaps it is opportune to look at how and why this is.

Certainly in hindsight it was extremely naïve of Lord Adonis to think that a high-speed railway line could be built by engineers without first defining the markets it should serve.

Compared to the question of airport expansion in the South East for which many different options have been...

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