HS2 Scrapping: Another Betrayal of the UK's North!

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High Speed 2, commonly referred to as HS2, was envisioned as the UK's mega project that ultimately turned into a colossal disaster.
The original plan was for the HS2 line to be an extension of the HS1 line, forming a comprehensive Y-shaped network that would link the North, Midlands, and South of the UK and provide connectivity to 8 out of the 10 largest cities in the UK. Regrettably, the result was a disjointed project that not only failed to integrate with HS1 but also neglected to connect the South and North regions as initially anticipated.
First, in November 2021, Phase 2b east to Leeds was cancelled, along with the decision not to build a full high-speed east-west line connecting Manchester to Leeds. This decision was justified by the claim that the project could be delivered more efficiently and at a lower cost.
Then, in June 2022, the 21 km stretch of new track to the West Coast Main Line at Golbourne, a part of Phase 2b West, was also cancelled.
And finally, recently, Prime Minister, Mr. Rishi Sunak, made the decision to axe the entire Phase 2 of HS2! This move was prompted by weakening of the economic case for the project, in the first line, by the doubling of costs since the project was initially approved over a decade ago...
In this video we analyze Sunak's decision to cancel Phase 2 in detail, including it's far reaching implications, and give our view of the situation.
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@digimanga

Man this just feels so depressing how good a project this could have been, being ruined by the terrible people in charge and holding Britain back for decades further.

@tommcmanamon8327

32 miles of tunnels through the home counties (NIMBYS) and vanity bridges are the reason why HS2 is so over budget. The 20 million in the North of England have been ignored again. HS2 is only half a job now. Levelling up is a joke in England.

@maximusg88

Thanks for the video! The North is really screwed over here

@johng5474

It has been a disaster caused by politicians interfering, raising costs and then complaining about how much it was going to cost. They should have started in the north and worked south.

@walterfillingham

As I work in North Sea oil and gas, it’s is so infuriating to see how London has just breathlessly wasted all the sheer vast amounts of North Sea oil taxation they have made since the mid 1970’s. This is absolutely symbolic of all that is wrong with the United Kingdom. Living in Aberdeen an oil rich city we can barely fill in potholes in our roads and forced to travel on 50 year old (new) trains, whilst we look at our neighbours in Stavanger in Norway and see the comparison. Absolutely disgusting seeing only London benefiting again and again and again

@RicciChoi1109

Vote the Tories out for 14 years of messing around. Period.

@Hession0Drasha

As a comparison, Turin to Venice will be the same sort of distance, as southampton to york. Through an even more densley populated country than the uk, and far more challenging terrain. That doesn't even include the Milan to Naples route 😑

@HMSDaring1

I cannot wait for a new Government - hopefully as soon as possible they reverse this colossal failure of a project and build the full HS2 as it should! The sooner the better - this embarrassing situation severely hampers UK development for decades to come.

@valerianocuomo996

A country failed

@davidhill3724

the selling of the land is criminal. I understand not going forward with phase two at this time. But not preserving the right away for future expansion is beyond stupid

@johnmyers8633

It's crazy how HS2 makes the California High Speed Rail Project look competent.

@czechmatebro

This is so stupid :(

@Brapish

Nobody in Yorkshire was surprised when the Leeds branch got canned and we (with the rest of the north) weren't surprised when the Manchester leg got canned 🙄

@jasperjenkin6645

HS2 could have been the revival of the entire rail network in the UK. Governemntal issues have made this just another failure of the shitstorm which has been the conservative government.

@CLechleitner42

HS2 is named badly, it's about capacity, not speed.

@aryantotanoto2307

As United Kingdom struggled to build high speed railways in South East Asia already operate and running Indonesia 350 kph from Jakarta to Bandung, Laos 210 kph from Botan to Vientiane, Thailand 300 kph from Korat to Bangkok

@michaelkinsella1559

The total disregard for investment outside London is a disgrace.

@neilchisholm797

I grew up in England and left in 1990. Part of the reason I left was the governments shortsightedness. In the following 33 years it’s not learnt any lessons and if anything is even more short sighted.

@alexturlais8558

Its a false economy to cancel part of it. They have fixed costs (staff, consultants, equipment ect) which they still need for Phase 1, so itll just make the price per kilometre much higher.

@fishettibean

Ever since they scraped HS1 to HS2 link, this project was doomed to fail. They need to link London Heathrow and Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport via high speed rail. This gives people the choice of major airport hubs without using short hop airline, and the train could travel 5mins more in france, and be in Disneyland paris.