In a few years time (well, probably about 50 given the current rate of progress), this monstrosity will be nothing more than a glorified cycle path because HS2 is an environmental disaster of epic proportions & Britain's biggest infrastructure mistake in half a century .. what a complete & utter waste of money.
@@CRIMSONANT1 Change the record James and no, it is not an environmental disaster of epic proportions as you keep repeating at every given opportunity you luddite. It will become an essential part of national infrastructure and I look forward to the day you eat your own words as 225mph trains become a normal daily occurrence. As always, I'll ask you again, what would be your alternative solution? Choose your answer carefully as all other options have been exhausted already.
@@thorley1969 ... Haha, "essential part of national infrastructure"? You're having a laugh aren't you? You HS2 fanboys AND the government have been led down the garden path by HS2 Ltd from day one of this disastrous project as the recent exposé of blatant corruption has revealed. The great vision of high speed trains travelling to all parts of the country has now been reduced to what amounts to a shuttle route between west London & Birmingham where near empty trains will travel at a speed that won't be anywhere near what was originally planned & where it'll take longer than it currently does to reach central London due to the disaster that was Euston station being replaced by Old Oak Common as the main London "hub". HS2 Ltd state that to "break even" with a subsidy of 50/60%, they require 600,000 passengers travelling DAILY between London & Birmingham. Given that passenger numbers on this route have been declining by 4% per year for the last decade & currently stand at approx 96,000 per day, perhaps you could explain where the extra 504,000 are suddenly going to materialise from? You've been sold misinformation from day one of this massive white elephant & have fallen for it hook, line & sinker 🤣
I am a huge supporter of High Speed Rail but this is the perfect illustration of why it costs far more than necessary in the UK. What justification exists for such a concrete monstrosity which has yet to be buried when there are fields of industrial buildings and what looks like a car storage compound within a few metres of the line of way. When weak Government panders to lobby interests and seeks to appease local MP's it costs us all dearly, not just in ££M's but also in lost opportunity when the same Government goes weak kneed at its own economic foolhardiness. The irony is that if this length of railway had been surface constructed where it should be, the vast construction footprint and storage compounds for all that is entailed constructing this tunnel would have likely been a fraction of that that has become necessary. Totally barmy. Total mismanagement of the project by its sponsor.
32 miles of vanity tunnels through the home counites are the reason this project is way over budget. £71 Billion for a 120 mile rail link from London to Birmingham. London already has an underground, cross rail and Eurostar. HS2 should have started in Manchester, as the investment is needed in the North. Now HS2 is only half a project. Levelling up is a joke in this country.
Why a green tunnel and not a cutting? Seems to be a waste of money. Must be a wealthy landowner who got their way when the hs2 act was thrown together.
Thanks for the fly over, very interesting to see the progress, and magnitude of the work being undertaken.
This is so impressive. In a few years time you'd never even know any of it was there.
i was hoping a few months and not years,any idea how many they put up in a day
In a few years time (well, probably about 50 given the current rate of progress), this monstrosity will be nothing more than a glorified cycle path because HS2 is an environmental disaster of epic proportions & Britain's biggest infrastructure mistake in half a century .. what a complete & utter waste of money.
@@CRIMSONANT1 Change the record James and no, it is not an environmental disaster of epic proportions as you keep repeating at every given opportunity you luddite. It will become an essential part of national infrastructure and I look forward to the day you eat your own words as 225mph trains become a normal daily occurrence. As always, I'll ask you again, what would be your alternative solution? Choose your answer carefully as all other options have been exhausted already.
@@thorley1969 ... Haha, "essential part of national infrastructure"?
You're having a laugh aren't you?
You HS2 fanboys AND the government have been led down the garden path by HS2 Ltd from day one of this disastrous project as the recent exposé of blatant corruption has revealed.
The great vision of high speed trains travelling to all parts of the country has now been reduced to what amounts to a shuttle route between west London & Birmingham where near empty trains will travel at a speed that won't be anywhere near what was originally planned & where it'll take longer than it currently does to reach central London due to the disaster that was Euston station being replaced by Old Oak Common as the main London "hub".
HS2 Ltd state that to "break even" with a subsidy of 50/60%, they require 600,000 passengers travelling DAILY between London & Birmingham.
Given that passenger numbers on this route have been declining by 4% per year for the last decade & currently stand at approx 96,000 per day, perhaps you could explain where the extra 504,000 are suddenly going to materialise from?
You've been sold misinformation from day one of this massive white elephant & have fallen for it hook, line & sinker 🤣
I am a huge supporter of High Speed Rail but this is the perfect illustration of why it costs far more than necessary in the UK. What justification exists for such a concrete monstrosity which has yet to be buried when there are fields of industrial buildings and what looks like a car storage compound within a few metres of the line of way. When weak Government panders to lobby interests and seeks to appease local MP's it costs us all dearly, not just in ££M's but also in lost opportunity when the same Government goes weak kneed at its own economic foolhardiness.
The irony is that if this length of railway had been surface constructed where it should be, the vast construction footprint and storage compounds for all that is entailed constructing this tunnel would have likely been a fraction of that that has become necessary. Totally barmy. Total mismanagement of the project by its sponsor.
lol fr building a tunnel under nothing is the height of stupidity.
32 miles of vanity tunnels through the home counites are the reason this project is way over budget. £71 Billion for a 120 mile rail link from London to Birmingham. London already has an underground, cross rail and Eurostar. HS2 should have started in Manchester, as the investment is needed in the North. Now HS2 is only half a project. Levelling up is a joke in this country.
Why a green tunnel and not a cutting? Seems to be a waste of money. Must be a wealthy landowner who got their way when the hs2 act was thrown together.
Made little sense to me really
You mean a tunnel. I see you bought into the greenwashing lingo.