Reply to: Just another reason to ban Liebor party

[swamp]

Well if you don't know then...

STFU

Do poshyol.

[AtW]

I am actively buying the cheapest bed sits right where the track for HS2 is meant to be

[shaunbhoy]

If Big Bosses can quickly travel to their subsidiary in cheap Birmingham then they can still enjoy living in overpriced London and visit quickly when necessary their companies here.

Ah, but if Brum gets connected to London by a HST link, then higher property prices will get slurped along this line and raise property values in Brum. That is just how it works I'm afraid. Best you buy somewhere soon AtW or your rent is going to go through the roof.

HTH

[AtW]

The ferry/airport is that way ---------------------------->

Bon Voyage!

I tried to take train to Moscow this month but to no avail

Will be flying AGAIN later this month!

[DimPrawn]

Anyway - Japan did it, Spain did it - Germany, France have done it, China is doing it big time even Russia now - only UK ffs is argueing about having to smash a couple of houses en route

The ferry/airport is that way ---------------------------->

Bon Voyage!

[AtW]

You seem very interested in trains. Are you friends with GricerBoy?

Yes and no.

[AtW]

I'm sure there'll be increased demand for business property right next to the station, but it's hard to see how it could stimulate any growth anywhere else.

If Big Bosses can quickly travel to their subsidiary in cheap Birmingham then they can still enjoy living in overpriced London and visit quickly when necessary their companies here.

Anyway - Japan did it, Spain did it - Germany, France have done it, China is doing it big time even Russia now - only UK ffs is argueing about having to smash a couple of houses en route

[AtW]

All well and good, but in USSR they have to maintain such a system in order that invading armies can logistically fuel their colossal high-speed advances.

Soviet rail track is wider, you'd have to relay it, or get a lot of local wagons/steam engines...

[TimberWolf]

We can save £33 billion by simply asking all those who want to be 30 mins nearer to London to move 30 mins nearer to London.

Okay?

HTH

By 2026 Birmingham will probably have merged with London anyway.

[DimPrawn]

We can save £33 billion by simply asking all those who want to be 30 mins nearer to London to move 30 mins nearer to London.

Okay?

HTH

[VectraMan]

Ah yes, but they do have a lot of canals. Many people liken it to Venice

250mph high speed train connecting you to an integrated 4mph narrow boat system. The future is here!

[shaunbhoy]

At least in London you can get off your train and onto an underground train to get you where you need to go. Brum doesn't have that.

Ah yes, but they do have a lot of canals. Many people liken it to Venice.................if Venice were ever to be
carpet-bombed!

[VectraMan]

Very fast travel between London and Midlands would make it and areas around it more attractive to companies thus stimulating investment outside of M25 area (which is good thing even for M25 as it would reduce spekulative demand on local property).

Not trains though. The M40 and M42 have undoubetdly been a big boost to places like Bicester, Banbury, Stratford, Warwick/Leamington etc. (and I remember all the resistance to building the M40). Unlike a motorway these trains offer no benefit to all the places they go through, and unlike a motorway they only link the city centres, and presumably these high speed trains are only for passengers and won't carry any freight.

I'm sure there'll be increased demand for business property right next to the station, but it's hard to see how it could stimulate any growth anywhere else. At least in London you can get off your train and onto an underground train to get you where you need to go. Brum doesn't have that.

[shaunbhoy]

In USSR there are plenty of stations around small village but with lots of rails - this way it's much easier to delay some slow train to allow fast one to go ahead.

All well and good, but in USSR they have to maintain such a system in order that invading armies can logistically fuel their colossal high-speed advances.
In this country, we simply do not get invaded, hence there is no real need for such an exhaustive rail network.
Besides, rail travel is old technology. We may as well just live with what we have until some clever fooker invents matter transfer.

[d000hg]

Well if you don't know then...

STFU

Very fast travel between London and Midlands would make it and areas around it more attractive to companies thus stimulating investment outside of M25 area (which is good thing even for M25 as it would reduce spekulative demand on local property).

M6 Toll is empty because it was idiotic idea in the first place but also because price is so high.

You seem very interested in trains. Are you friends with GricerBoy?