Additional train paths fr om a scaled-back HS2

Current assessments of HS2 are too gloomy, as several frugal tweaks are available to improve its business case in the changed rail market. HS2 Ltd and the Department for Transport need to acknowledge potential phased outcome scenarios, now that they have scaled back their original aspirations for 18 trains per hour (tph) at Euston. Defining the likely outcomes would help rebuild confidence in HS2’s efforts and prospects. HS2 could still be as significant as the first motorways. But with depressed rail farebox revenue since COVID, and several under-resourced operators, the previous full HS2 is a much too risky step. With hindsight, HS2 ought to have started as a Manchester to Warrington quick scheme with reversing platforms at HS2’s Manchester Piccadilly station, and with a better understanding of how best to…

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