by lpetrich
A few months ago, the UK government released High Speed Rail with several supporting documents. The proposed route is:
London Euston station
Junction with line to Heathrow Airport
Birmingham Interchange near that city's airport
Branches:
Downtown Birmingham
Manchester and West Coast Main Line
East Midlands (Derby, Leicester, Nottingham)
Sheffield
Leeds
Possible extensions:
Euston - St. Pancras
Manchester - Glasgow, Edinburgh
Leeds - Newcastle
The major parties support or at least profess to support this scheme or some variants of it.
But with the recent election, the plans may not go ahead very fast.
No Heathrow direct link in high speed rail plans | UK news | The Guardian - the Tories would prefer for the line to go through Heathrow.
Tory fears of vote backlash put high-speed rail route in doubt | Politics | The Guardian - some Tories don't like it because they don't want to lose the votes of possible NIMBY's that the line will go very close to.
London Euston station
Junction with line to Heathrow Airport
Birmingham Interchange near that city's airport
Branches:
Downtown Birmingham
Manchester and West Coast Main Line
East Midlands (Derby, Leicester, Nottingham)
Sheffield
Leeds
Possible extensions:
Euston - St. Pancras
Manchester - Glasgow, Edinburgh
Leeds - Newcastle
The major parties support or at least profess to support this scheme or some variants of it.
But with the recent election, the plans may not go ahead very fast.
No Heathrow direct link in high speed rail plans | UK news | The Guardian - the Tories would prefer for the line to go through Heathrow.
Tory fears of vote backlash put high-speed rail route in doubt | Politics | The Guardian - some Tories don't like it because they don't want to lose the votes of possible NIMBY's that the line will go very close to.