swt_passenger
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If there are any won’t they be in the dedicated thread already?Any thoughts on what those credible alternatives are?
Shapps "promised to scrap HS2 Golborne spur"
sorry we are at cross purposes; I meant the old tunnels, not the base tunnels. We certainly didn’t do 200kph (or anything near it!) up to or through the original Lötschberg tunnel last time I used it. More like 50kph (it was raining and the loco was slipping badly). Many freights are planned...
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Alternatives to the Golborne Spur?
Since it is now official that the Golborne spur is scrapped and there is no current proposed alternative, what options could there be to connect HS2 to the WCML? Its unlikely that they've scrapped the link to be more ambitious with the connection, but who knows. The cheap, and probably likely...
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