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    Neue HS2-Farce, da der letzte Abschnitt der 100-Milliarden-Pfund-Linie in einem Feld enden wird

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    1. Secret-Ad6697 on

      **Misleading Headline by The i Paper.**

      # Headline should be:

      # HS2 construction will end in a field. HS2 line WILL still join the current rail network at Handsacre near Litchfield.

    2. scratchresistor on

      I actually know Barry and Joy, mentioned in the article, and their lives have been absolutely uprooted by this stupid thing, as well as thousands of others who live locally. Not to mention the irreparable damage done to untold acres of ancient woodland. It’s not a farce, it’s a tragedy.

      £403 million PER MILE. Absurd doesn’t begin to cover it.

    3. BeardMonk1 on

      Still cant believe we are not getting a link up to Leeds and beyond. Such a wasted opportunity that future generation will come to rue i feel.

    5. xParesh on

      I hope we learn everything the went wrong with this project and put in new laws and policies to stop this ever happening again. It’s been one of the biggest shambles in the nations history

    6. Definitely_Human01 on

      £100bn wasted on a useless thing that doesn’t even work properly, and not a single one of the higher ups will ever be held accountable for it.

      It’s infuriating.

    7. Anonymous-Cows on

      Rishi Sunak. The conservatives at large, have been a curse for this country.

    8. idontgetit_99 on

      I’m all for criticising the project but this article is rage bait.

      It isn’t the “final stretch”, it’s a spur that was meant to go up to Manchester that has been mothballed. There was always going to be a spur point somewhere that eventually gets cut off, this should be obvious. If they didn’t do this then when the day comes they decide to add a northern leg it would be disruptive to break up the track.

      As another commenter has said, the first leg of HS2 is still fulfilling its purpose, to reduce the strain of the Birmingham to London section, which according to Network Rail is where the most congestion was. Maybe in future a govt can bring back the second leg of this.

    9. Hot_Photograph_5928 on

      Let’s just go keep going until we run out of money. How much we got in the bank? What, NOTHING? Ok, guys, just stop where you are, we’re going home.

    10. Worried_Let4942 on

      Oh my god this was my line when I worked on it lol. I spent a year doing this area and then they told us to just ditch it with a days notice. We literally built the embankment and had all the final drawings ready for the line/underbridge/culvert etc. Shambles! It quite literally does end in a field.

    11. CupCakesNFlatWhite on

      Really wish the government could go full CCP and tell local NYMBYs „tough luck,  it’s happening whether you like it or not“.

    12. IlIIIllIIlIlllII on

      There should be NOTHING that 100 billion does not accomplish in this country.

    13. kobylaz on

      Just rage bait. It’s ending in a field to keep the possibility of Manchester alive. They’re not selling off the land to Manchester like they are to Leeds. The plan is once HS2 is finished they can complete to Manchester under another company without the political poison. 

      Yeh it’s been a shit show but I’ll be damned before I click that link! 😆

    14. Historical_Cobbler on

      It’s assuming that it’s there in case it’s needed in the future whilst any protections of land from development have expired.

      The natural route won’t be possible with the building that councils are being forced to do.

    15. insomnimax_99 on

      Eh, this general sort of thing is something I don’t actually have a problem with – building infrastructure in a way that plans for future expansion.

      The farce is that the line is ending there, and not in a field that’s north of Crewe or Manchester.

      The land is still safeguarded, so it could be done in the near future.

    16. Devastator2016 on

      Heading to Birmingham from the North East is thrilling seeing it would take the same time by train within reason as going to London from there. Thus all the talk of HS2 and whatever is basically meaningless to further North in the end it seems. Meanwhile also all the towns have old train lines that no longer exist (though sure not all for public transport) is kinda sad

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