I'm still watching the video but felt I needed to stop to post a comment. These really are brilliant videos and I love the way that you always explain, with the use of a map, where we are and what we're looking at. Most other people who post HS2 videos merely show a video with loud music and you have no idea where the drone is, what you're seeing and even which direction you're travelling. Your videos are in a class of their own. Thanks for all your hard work in putting them together - I could watch them all day!🍻
i did ask a chap there ,how many people are this complex work ,he said about half of them ,and u know, he is right ,nothing seems to change on the work site
Just a few observations to make, I was listening to a podcast where they interviewed the former chairman of Network rail and HS2, Sir David Higgins. He commented that the major issues that have spiraled the costs of phase 1 has been the following. 1. Unnecessary over specification of infrastructure requirements, 2. Far too many tunnels even in the London section, 3. Political meddling by politicians to appease certain constituencies, and micro management from the department of transport, constantly moving the goal posts of the brief. Additionally, higher than above inflation rates on a yearly basis has not helped. As someone that comes from a construction background, point 2 and 3 are the main culprits of the fiasco. When you compare it to other countries where high speed rail links are common such as Spain, France and Italy, the specifications are far more modest in comparison but just as good without breaking the bank, I can vouch for it.
Taking ages doing this, I bet every worker is on at least £25 per hour for playing on there phone. Costing a bloody fortune on something 90% of the population will never use.
I'm still watching the video but felt I needed to stop to post a comment. These really are brilliant videos and I love the way that you always explain, with the use of a map, where we are and what we're looking at. Most other people who post HS2 videos merely show a video with loud music and you have no idea where the drone is, what you're seeing and even which direction you're travelling. Your videos are in a class of their own. Thanks for all your hard work in putting them together - I could watch them all day!🍻
Excellent video, well done.
Hi there. I see the conveyor to the old oak site has now gone. Great to see my railway layout from the air. caroline.
Old Oak Common station will be so massive once it’s completed.
Thanks very much for showing me what’s going on behind the hoarding. Slava Ukraine ! 🇺🇦
I understand that 1,500 construction workers are on this site.
i did ask a chap there ,how many people are this complex work ,he said about half of them ,and u know, he is right ,nothing seems to change on the work site
You are kidding, every video shows massive change, if you know where to look and what to look for.
That is a very old joke………….. and still very funny 😂
Am I mistaken but this is London England not America if so we call them lifts
You are not mistaken, I live outside of the UK and our local language calls them elevators, so my apologies
Elevator is perfectly acceptable, given an international audience watches these videos
Why does it even matter, we all knew what he was referring to.
The Urban Outsider is something of a revelator, if it's over your head get your arse on the elevator.
@@CHEESYhairyGASH hehe I love it when you all take it seriously BTW is your RUclips name after your mothers pum pum
Could Green Hydrogen be the train locomotive fuel of the future...? (A few solar panels/sodium-iron batteries and rainwater are all that's needed.)
See how the soil is being taken away by conveyor, how is all that sand and aggregate for concrete being delivered?.
why no compass on these videos ?
Just a few observations to make, I was listening to a podcast where they interviewed the former chairman of Network rail and HS2, Sir David Higgins. He commented that the major issues that have spiraled the costs of phase 1 has been the following. 1. Unnecessary over specification of infrastructure requirements, 2. Far too many tunnels even in the London section, 3. Political meddling by politicians to appease certain constituencies, and micro management from the department of transport, constantly moving the goal posts of the brief. Additionally, higher than above inflation rates on a yearly basis has not helped. As someone that comes from a construction background, point 2 and 3 are the main culprits of the fiasco. When you compare it to other countries where high speed rail links are common such as Spain, France and Italy, the specifications are far more modest in comparison but just as good without breaking the bank, I can vouch for it.
You forgot to mention the unrealistically low budget price.
Taking ages doing this, I bet every worker is on at least £25 per hour for playing on there phone. Costing a bloody fortune on something 90% of the population will never use.
I’m guessing 99%
How do you know it's taking a long time when you don't have anything to benchmark it's progress against ?