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@maimadha

20 күн бұрын

Your videos are the best

The more I learn about HS2 the more angry I become about the cancellation of the other phases

@Rail_Focus

23 күн бұрын

Yup, very annoying. Hopefully sense will one day prevail

@pedromorgan99

23 күн бұрын

Yep.. All it takes to cancel a project.... approved by parliament it all was.. A PM to announce its cancellation at a party conference, avoiding parliment.. !! Maybe next Restart will be done at party conference also, avoiding parliment ;-))

@pedromorgan99

23 күн бұрын

Meanwhile in Japan kzread.info/dash/bejne/dZdswc2jkbjVoqw.html

@Carlos-im3hn

22 күн бұрын

Hopefully the HS2 can regroup. All the Phase1 track engineering technologies (viaducts, tunnels, and high-speed) can be used going forward to perhaps develop cheaper manufacturing and civils. Then maybe they can go for a "lower cost" Phase2a plan to Crewe and then up to Manchester and Leeds. We will have at least 5 years to work it out now. Also, there are some baseload electric power systems needing to be developed and installed before more rail expansions. I'm over here in America and taking detailed HS2 notes to apply in the states across the pond.

@Carlos-im3hn

22 күн бұрын

@@pedromorgan99 Yes, and Japan has a well established baseload electric power grid...UK will get some more GenIII+ and GenIV reactor plants soon, but perhaps in 10 years time.

Very informative video, thank you :) The more I see of HS2, the more annoyed I am that the northern elements have been cancelled

@Rail_Focus

21 күн бұрын

It is incredibly frustrating seeing all the infrastructure being constructed that is designed for 18 trains per hour, but will likely only ever see 10tph 🫤

Rail Focus and Chris Thank You for this update. Now shaping up. Great review of the WWH site plans and details. And some glimpse of network plans @3:15 . Great going. Since we have until 2029 perhaps there will be _opportunities_ to extend the HS2 225mph maximum speed line to Crewe, we can hope. The HS2 tracks have to extend north to provide the line separation to avoid the slower traveling heritage commuter and freight trains.

@Rail_Focus

23 күн бұрын

Glad you found the video informative 🙂. I'm hopeful HS2 will at the very least go to Crewe

Thank you for the update - I do hope these new trains will be a lot better then the class 800 we currently got

@Rail_Focus

23 күн бұрын

The trains themselves should be good, let's just hope they get the interiors right 🤞

Thanks for the vid. Can't wait to see main construction start on the depot itself eventually

When people look at costs most never understand the costs associated with the ground preparation required before actual construction starts. All down the route major exceptional groundworks have had to be undertaken. The re-use of 'Brown Field' sites is far better than eating more and more Green Belt but they have huge costs attached.

@Rail_Focus

23 күн бұрын

Absolutely. I don't think HS2 gets enough credit for the remediation work being carried out and the value it will bring to areas in need of regeneration.

@Carlos-im3hn

22 күн бұрын

I recall some of the Phase2a Crewe Station plans were "low-impact" type construction...the recent modular station designs at Network Rail "Winning design to improve smaller stations" are interesting too. I think RailNatter (#112) covered some small and medium size modular station topics.

@Rail_Focus

21 күн бұрын

The plans for Crewe were relatively modest, just making slight platform alterations for 400m long sets, but Crewe already has some lengthy platforms. But ultimately Crewe does need a rebuild, with or without 2a

@victorpiscotta7560

13 күн бұрын

No, because people in the uk are thinking just because removing greenfields is going to make th cliemate change worse. Are you bad about hs2? If you guys have a brain, you would know that hs2 would take cars off the roads and let me tell you something. Do you think that these green fields can reduce climate change? The answer is NO. And because people are spreading fake news about hs2, this project is slowing down balme the Ahiit NIMBYS, THE WOODLANDS TRUST, AND THOSE IDOTIC ENVIRONMENTAL IDOTS Look at Australia and tell me one thing, WHY DON'T HAVE PEOPLE NIMBYS. PEOPLE PROTESTING ABOUT PROJECTS RUINING THE GRRENFEILDS AND WOODLANDS, IT BECAUSE PEOPLE THEIR KNOW THEIR PLACE AND THEY ARE NOT SELFISH. IF YOU GUYS ARE WOUDERING WHY THIS COSTING TO MUCH, YOU CAN BLAME THE GOVERNMENT FINE, BUT HOW ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL, NIMBY BASTARDS WHO WERE PROTESTING, BECAUSE HS2 WOULD RUNIN THIER DUM STUIP LITTLE TOWN THAY WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF NO WHERE HA???. The season why the uk can't build things like this is because of thses NIMBYS, ENVIRONMENTAL PEOPLE HAVING EXCUSES LIKE DESTROYING WILD LIFE, CLIMATE CHANGE, AND RUNING THE LANDSCAPE HS2 WILL HELP REDUCE CLIMATE CHANGE THSES GREENFIELDS WILL NOT DO ANYTHING. IF GREENFIELDS HAVE TO GO FOR THE UK TO HAVE A FUTURE SO BE IT THEN!!!

Nice video and some interesting things going on

@Rail_Focus

23 күн бұрын

Thanks Simon 🙂

No mention of Metro-Cammell who were at Washwood Heath making rolling stock and the main supplier of London Underground trains for many years.

@Rail_Focus

23 күн бұрын

I didn't do a deep dive into the history.

Thanks

@Rail_Focus

23 күн бұрын

Thank you so much 😁

Will the HS2 high speed trains be able to run on the current rail lines/network, does anyone know. Thanks

@Rail_Focus

20 күн бұрын

Yes, as mentioned in the video they will be able to run to places like Liverpool, Manchester, Glasgow and stations on the WCML in between

@Carlos-im3hn

20 күн бұрын

Perhaps I think the HS2 on heritage lines will not be able to run much more than 100mph because the HS2 are not pendalino type so can not handle fast curves. It is not clear how fast the HS2 on heritage lines will run ? Maybe Chris knows best.

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HS2 is going to be fantastic for this country. Other countries have had it since the 70s. When you think about how much money it will make once it's built, I think it will more than pay for itself in the next 100 years & you think about the about of money that it has already brought into our City, when deutsche Bank & HSBC said they only relocated to Birmingham because of HS2. Also, how much has a hole is the West Midlands benefiting from HS2, but you have to many stupid people & the not in our back yards to notice this & this scum trash government that have cancelled HS2 From Manchester to Scotland & in 2024, still expect people to sit on a slow ass train from Manchester for over 3 hours!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hehe. All I can say is, I've been waiting 5 years & roll on the 4th of July!!!!

@Carlos-im3hn

20 күн бұрын

The "advantage" of being later to the high-speed is that UK (and hopefully later USA) gets the cream of the crop technologies and civil engineering. All the difficult kinks are all worked out now so everything is very high quality, low risk and perhaps at a lower "mass produced" cost vs. 1st of a kind. I hope we can all benefit from HS2 greatly.

@JohnHoward-wc9kk

19 күн бұрын

A stupid person might write 'hole' when he should have used 'whole' !

The more I hear of HS2 the more angry I am about the waste of money on the project.

@scottpeacock5492

23 күн бұрын

You need to get some anger mangement, so you would perfer more roads than a High Speed Railways, which will take cars and lorries of our congested roads whilst passengers continue to board over congested West Coast mainline trains.

@Carlos-im3hn

22 күн бұрын

I think rail will always be with us human commuters and freight here on Earth. Everything trains, planes, cars, lorries, ships, and even narrowboats (local and intercity) are all part of the transport ecosystem. I think we will need more baseload electric power plants (new state-of-the-art GenIII+ and GenIV nuclear too) in order to generate the electricity needed to electrify many things car, bus, and train. They _still_ need to electrify NPR, TRU, EWR, and up the East Coast...this will also cost 100B+ more ! The UK, USA, and Canada are busy catching up with EU ! Australia does not even have nuclear power plants yet...but will start soon to catch up.

@mrglide7078

21 күн бұрын

The more I come across 🤡tard attention seekers with their inane whining about HS2, the more angry I get that those seconds taken reading them won't ever come back.

@deaconswayne1894

20 күн бұрын

You’re right, building phase 1 alone is a monstrous waste of money. The entire network should be built in FULL

@Rail_Focus

17 күн бұрын

Investment in infrastructure is never a waste. Should be more angry about the fraud that went on during Covid that cost much more than HS2

Immediately to the West of the LDV site was the Metropolitan Cammell later Alstom plant, I used to work there for several years refurbishing Cl.56 locos for Colas Rail amongst a number of other locomotives and rolling stock. There was also a Cemex plant between the MetCam plant and the railway line (Not the one which is there now on the opposite side of the line.) We had hoped that they would maintain the rail link for a time to remove the excavated soil but that was not to be. I believe all the spoil went out by road. Interestingly the old admin building for MetCam was converted into flats some years back and still exists on the road running across the rear of the Washwood Heath site, a tiny piece of Metrpolitan Cammell history still remaining. Good video, thanks!

@Rail_Focus

21 күн бұрын

Most of the spoil was reused on site to level the site, I just forgot to mention. The crushed concrete was used on site for haul roads or for Delta Junction. I'm sure some material left the site by road, but not much 🙂