A thought on HS2

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Prompted by this post by gonzo21

The huge fuss about HS2 ignores something important. Realistically, what's needed isn't a high-speed railway but a high-capacity railway. Lots of normal trains with enough room for everyone to sit down would be much more useful than a small number of really fast ones, and could be packed closer together because they would be able to stop a lot faster. I really can't think of any politician who has mentioned this.

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Transport Secretary Mr McLoughlin told the Sunday Times: "I think possibly the selling of the project was done wrong.

"The speed makes a difference to Manchester and Leeds, where you get an hour off the journey, but 20 minutes off the journey to Birmingham is almost irrelevant.

"It is nice but it is not important. It should always have been about capacity."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-24009212

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Glad someone got it right.