Network Rail unveils high-speed rail plan ….
Posted on August 31st, 2009, by The Chairman
Network Rail has unveiled its study into a 200-mph high-speed rail network which would halve travel time between London and Scotland to just over two hours.
The £34bn proposal would serve Birmingham, Warrington, Liverpool, Manchester, Preston, Glasgow and Edinburgh from central London, with a journey time of two hours and 16 minutes between London and Glasgow, and just 46 minutes from London to Birmingham.
The study looked at three other alternatives, linking London with Yorkshire, the East Midlands, and the West, but concluded that a route the West Midlands, the North West and on to Scotland provided the “best value for money option”, paying for itself 1.8 times over the course of 60 years.
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September 30th, 2009 at 12:06 am
But what effect will these enhanced service have on the Mid Chehsire Line?
September 30th, 2009 at 7:39 am
Thanks, David! From an overall North West point of view, I think it will be good for our eceonomy by making us much better connected with other centres of economic activity, and by going some way towards freeing up our currently congested road and rail network. Looking at the Mid-Cheshire Line, it would allow an improved level of service into Stockport/Manchester since some of the long-distance trains will no longer run that way thus making more paths available.