tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post5037001820658860819..comments2024-03-26T13:27:26.499+00:00Comments on Zelo Street: Booker Makes It Up On HS2Tim Fentonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00726447899972084146noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-77639441820628986902012-02-07T18:01:43.975+00:002012-02-07T18:01:43.975+00:00Through trains from north or west of London to mai...Through trains from north or west of London to mainland Europe are most unlikely to happen until the nonsense of requiring airport-style check-in to international trains is ended, and such trains are allowed to carry domestic passengers inside the UK. If through trains from Birmingham to Paris cannot carry Brum-London or Brum-Ashford passengers, then they would most likely be unviable due to the long runs on the UK side with many empty seats. This is what scuppered the original plan to run so-called "regional Eurostar" services along existing UK rail lines to and from the north of the country. It is also one reason why there is no inter-regional passenger rail service through the Channel Tunnel. Even if there were to be a connection between HS1 and HS2, it would be unlikely to be used for international services unless the border controls change.<br /><br />This is a shame. The Channel Tunnel is only running at about 57% of capacity (and St Pancras International terminal and the international HS1 line can surely accommodate more than the ~1.5tph that they currently carry). Yet politics, and particularly border hysteria by UK insularists, prevents the introduction of international services to a wider range of destinations inside the UK that would make use of this spare capacity and likely lead to a much greater transfer of passengers from air to rail.Alex Macfiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17583248255801362106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-87061768699321092152012-01-18T11:18:45.993+00:002012-01-18T11:18:45.993+00:00The comment above has been published to show that ...The comment above has been published to show that a wide range of views is accepted, nay, encouraged here.<br /><br />Even if the premise is totally divorced from any kind of reality.Tim Fentonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00726447899972084146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-29475951829994924052012-01-18T10:34:28.212+00:002012-01-18T10:34:28.212+00:00First of all remember this?
The Coalition: Our pro...First of all remember this?<br />The Coalition: Our program for Government. Cabinet Office.<br />22 Whitehall, London, SW1A 2WH Publication Date : May 2010. © Crown copyright 2010 <br />The Coalition: Our Program for Government.13. EUROPE <br />"The Government believes that Britain should play a leading role in an enlarged European Union, but that no further powers should be transferred to Brussels without a referendum. This approach strikes the right balance between constructive engagement with the EU to deal with the issues that affect us all, and protecting our national sovereignty".End or quote.<br /><br />I now come to a massive transfer of sovereignty. Without doubt there must be a referendum-the promised referendum on this matter whether to remain in the EU or become a free country once again.<br /><br />I write of the proposed “Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) Policy.” High Speed 2 is the first part this Government seems to be going ahead with. Giving the EU Sovereignty (The Authority) to decide what the United Kingdom must have on our British Land. Their need for the first part of the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) Policy to begin by first making way for the EU’s High Speed Train to go on our sovereign land from the South Coast all the way eventually to Scotland. Giving the EU the right-the Sovereignty (authority) to tell our once sovereignty Government what we must have on our land. Whether we want it or not, or whether we can afford it or not.Anne Palmernoreply@blogger.com