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We knew what you meant 🙂

But it doesn't does it, the official time saved between Birmingham and London on HS2 will be 40 mins each way

@@peterwilliamallen1063 It's about capacity, as people realise that their rebodied electric milkfloats won't cover the distance, long-distance travel will move onto rail (and the current WCML infrastructure won't cope). Hence. the capacity of HS2 is needed as this country continues to grow and restrict personal freedom to drive everywhere we want.

​@@mikehindson-evans159worst take I've heard, this has nothing to do with restricting personal freedom. Electric car tech has already doubled in range in recent years, you don't think it will double again ?

@@benowen8321 No you are right, it has not doubled. It has octopuled. In 2008, according to the United States Department of Energy, a Lithium Ion cell could hold 55Wh per litre. They can now hold 450 Wh per litre. Can’t imagine being so horribly wrong about something and yet so confident too. So much for “battery technology hasn’t improved much”, and that was only in 15 years.

Meanwhile thousands of acres of green belt has been destroyed, people are working from home more, footfall on the railway has decreased generally and the existing infrastructure starved of real investment with poor track conditions affecting many routes! Yes HS2 is a real win win

They're closing the line, lifting it all up, pushing the preformed tunnel into place an ld relaying it all in 9 days.. apparently

And now delivered, moved and in place. Mid-July 2023

i hope so too, lets link the whole of the country up as intended, the north needs it!

I'm pleased you noticed; I tried to keep the drone moving north in every shot as a visual aid. I planned to mention this somehow but am glad it came across.

I am sorry to correct you but the transport system in Greater Manchester both Rail and Bus are far better than in the Midlands

@@peterwilliamallen1063 oh I’m sorry I’m not from Manchester, and I don’t believe I’ve ever visited Manchester, so I didn’t know that. But I’ll let you know that Manchester does not represent the whole of the north of England, and I’ll say having experienced life in the north, midlands and south that the north has been underfunded and forgotten for far too long. You’ll also notice that the transport needs for the country require connections to and from different cities, as well as within cities.

@@squarepinapples9116 In Manchester there is a better tram system, Bus system, local rai services and larger Airport, where as Birmingham has been constrained with both Bus, Rail and Tram systems over the years and has only just started to expand with the expansion of the tram system, local rail and Bus services of lately.

@@peterwilliamallen1063 Last I checked Manchester is but on of many Cities in the north. there are many places like Liverpool, Leeds, Sheffield and others that could do with some major upgrades/expansion (not to say that Manchester is anywhere close to perfect either).

You mean because the Tories are worried about the business case for building the complete network that the Tories should have built the section with the most risky business case first? Yeah that would have worked lol I've got a much better idea, how about build the section with the best business case first, guaranteed high level of passengers and watch the economic growth prove the neysayers horribly wrong and then get on with building the rest! Oh yeah that's what we are doing. In the meantime get your local politicians to continue to bang the heads of the Treasury or vote Labour.

It looked like a bit of a stub might be built, but it's hard to say with it being early days. Some prep work has happened further along for phase 2a too.

Thanks for summing up perfectly what it’s for and why it shouldn’t be getting built.

That's very interesting- do you have a link to any more info, or dates? It would be good to get footage of that!

Interesting to see the Existing A38 at 1.53 on your video - everything changes so quickly wonder how busy that section of road will be this bank holiday. What date is Bastille day ? My French friends have a 9 day party planned …. Really sorry can’t give you the dates of the blockades you will have to ask HS2 thanks

No, it should question the competence of the government.

@@OnTheRailwayOfficial No, it should recognise current economic pressures along with the absolute necessity for this country to invest in our infrastructure for future capacity.

@@mikehindson-evans159 That’s what I mean. I am questioning the competence of our government because they are cutting back on it building a half assed shitty job that will not reap the full benefits.

@@OnTheRailwayOfficial I'm sure it was a labour government idea hs2. and what an idea it was! on paper its perfect but the crappy Tory management has led it to this, why should the north miss out due to their incompetence?

It should have been scrapped 10 years ago. It will not link up the country. Ask anyone in Bristol, Cardiff, Norwich, Newcastle etc etc who are all paying for this through taxes, and will see no benefits at all. By 2041 travel will be much reduced anyway. Rail use is already down 20% since Covid.

Pausing or mothballing phase 2 would have been relatively sensible, completely cancelling it and selling off the land is nuts

@@martinalooksatthings I agree too

It is not a Southern Project as most of the work is within the Midlands and West Midlands and they are still working around the Lichfield area

Realistically should have been done 50 years ago alongside the rest of Europe and Japan, The problems with the current network existed back then as well so would have been the only 'Proper' long term plan. The next best time to do something is now and should be done to the fullest.

How do you work that one out as there will be no HS2 station at Lichfield so Londoners will find it a bit hard getting off a train doing over 60 mph.joining the WCML

@@peterwilliamallen1063 watch this space

Why, Railways are less invasive on the country side and you can't do 225mph on a Motorway

@@peterwilliamallen1063 225mph ?? don't think so.120mph top's

@@craftybum When the tains run on HS2 the speed was going to be 250 MPH, it has now been downgraded to 225MPH.

@@craftybum Just googled it, the speed HS2 trains will run at will be 225 MPH, where do you get 120MPH tops, 50 year old HST Diesel trains regularly travel at 125MPH in the past and Pendolinos do 125 mph at the moment.

@@peterwilliamallen1063 we will see .

Why do commenters want it to be simply scrapped when half-built after most of the money has been spent

@@martinalooksatthings most of the money has not been spent. Billions more is being poured into this black hole. It's not even going into central London. The northern end still has no terminal planned. Its not needed, billions of pounds to what end? London to Manchester 20 mins quicker. Really, is that value for money? I don't think so.

@@paulroberts7561Building the southern portion was about half + more than the initial total cost.

Take it to alton towel

Its not funded by the tax payer, but apart from that, sure, we don't need more rail, lets build roads and airports instead.

@@marvintpandroid2213 It is tax payer funded. The government takes money in the form of tax from the 99% and gives it to the 1%.

@@PerryDaPlatapus Those are my thoughts. Tell me yours.

@@leonardgoldberg2879 Nope, its funded from the bond market and will be paid back from income. But sure, keep believing what you want to believe if it makes you happy.

digging under inner city is expensive! land is worth a lot more in cities. Also with b8irmingham they're resuing old viaducts to be more sustainable

So do you live in this area, it appears not. The Railway only skirts around Chelmsley Wood on a corridor of land between the M6 Motorway and Water Orton, it is going under ground from Water Orton to Bromford because it has to go under the River Tame, The elevated M6 Motorway and Bromford Housing Estate and there is no land in this are to build a new Railway, and does not touch Coleshill plus the area near Coleshill is already blighted by the elevated sections of the M6 and M42 Motorways and the Railway viaduct is being fitted in between so does not affect any population along it's route and goes no where near any parks and where it goes under ground there are no posh areas as you think. The HS2 route will be replacing high speed service on the WCML and route out of Birmingham New Street to London, so ordinary people will be using HS2 train service not just business men, might be good to do a bit more research before stating what basically is rubbish you have written on HS2

@@LankyScotty No they are not using old Viaducts in Birmingham for HS2, they are building new ones out of Concrete

@@peterwilliamallen1063 you are totally wrong ! Firstly yes I do live in the area ! Have you not seen the houses been compulsory purchased then demolished in Gilson and by Water Orton (Attleboro lane ) ,and the row of railway cottages by Jack o watton ind east ! And part of Bluebell park has been claimed and closed off to have ugly great concrete girders to lift the railway up across the M6/M42. …….& the rugby club has been demolished near water orton .So don’t come on here spouting utter nonsense about not affecting those areas ! It’s an utter disgrace what they’ve done ! So what I said before was not ‘rubbish’ as you claimed but it’s how it’s affected me and people I know personally!

@@stupididiot6116 No I am not my friend on a lot of things as I live in Castle Bromwich near the route of HS2 in to the City center, I have been through Gilson a most of the Houses are still standing, and so a part of Bluebell Park may have been blocked off but it will return when HS2 is finished more than likely, but it has only affected a small minority of places considering the area it is travelling through and nothing has been demolished between Water Orton and Birmingham City Center except the old MCW and LDV Factories in Washwood Heath to make way for the new HS2 maintenance works, it is a case by the look of it of NIMBY,ism , try living in a City with Railways, Elevated Motorways and Aircraft Birmingham Airport flying over head, like us you will get used to it in time when it is finished, it what you call City Living.