IIRC HS2 will only be half an hour or so faster than the classic lines, there is also talk of compulsory reservations, which will mean bookjing on a specific train and making sure one catches it. It seems to me that this will waste much of the time saved.
And it doesn't seem like it will be possible for passengers to just ignore HS2, as HS2 is not a self-contained system and there is limited capacity on the classic lines, it seems like for most destinations HS2 trains will replace existing trains rather than supplementing them.
So I can't shake the feeling the HS2 is likely to make rail travel worse, not better.
What do other people think?
And it doesn't seem like it will be possible for passengers to just ignore HS2, as HS2 is not a self-contained system and there is limited capacity on the classic lines, it seems like for most destinations HS2 trains will replace existing trains rather than supplementing them.
So I can't shake the feeling the HS2 is likely to make rail travel worse, not better.
What do other people think?