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HS2 criticised by the IEA

2017-06-03T09:24:32+00:00August 21st, 2013|Tags: , |

The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA), a Thatcherite think tank, has strongly criticised the government’s plans for HS2, the proposed high-speed rail link between London and the north of Britain. The trouble with the IEA’s paper is that it criticises how HS2 is being procured but does not make a positive case for reform. […]

WLR could save the taxpayer £1 billion

2013-06-21T09:56:34+00:00June 21st, 2013|Tags: , , |

The TaxPayers' Alliance features the WLR. It says: The Government has recently set aside £500 million to build a rail link between Heathrow and The West and is likely to agree a similar figure for a line running south from Heathrow. But Windsor Link Railway, a private company, is competing to build the route and for a fraction of the cost. It is proposing the first wholly privately funded new rail line in over 100 years. [More...]

Manchester United

2013-03-18T17:17:28+00:00March 18th, 2013|Tags: , , |

The Economist has published an article on the Northern Hub, in Manchester. This is how it starts. FOR £33 billion and a 20-year wait, Britain is to get a high-speed rail line connecting London to the north of England. For £32 billion-odd less than that sum, it gets the Northern Hub. Far less controversial or glamorous — the funding process was a bit like a church-roof appeal at first, says Chris Fletcher of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce — the project is a terrific [...]

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