Is This Really The Best Use Of £50Bn?

[youngmafbog]

http://news.sky.com/story/1251228/hs2-tory-mps-rebel-as-government-wins-vote

"In the vote on the bill itself there was a comfortable victory for the Government of 452 votes to 41, a majority of 411."

So I guess all parties want it. I could back it if more freight was to move by rail, but it wont and I really cannot see that it will regenerate the North. The fares will be out of the reach of most people and companies these days have tight budgets so the only people we will see on it will be Government officials and civil servants probably

[emmie]

and cause a massive amount of disruption, not just in and around Euston, the costs will be out of left field.

[mushroom25]

andy-h, what high speed trains serve Croydon?

[Farriercm]

No Emmie you can not Swan Around on the Dole in Spain. The only place you can do that is in the UK. The Spaniards do not cater for that like the UK.

[Gromit]

Croydon has a tram system. It is not high speed though.

[mushroom25]

//Croydon has a tram system. It is not high speed though. //

good spectator sport from the bar at the jurys inn on Wellesley road is to watch the boy racers try and beat the trams from poplar walk to the traffic lights outside the hotel - despite being some bit heavier, the trams can out-accelerate them every time.....