benjamin1945 16,160 Posted February 26, 2014 Report Share Posted February 26, 2014 why would you want to get to LONDON OR MANCHESTER 20 mins faster just relax and enjoy the ride,but no they gonna spend billions disrupting the countryside and peoples lives. How does it help business?please can someone tell me. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted February 26, 2014 Report Share Posted February 26, 2014 Let me know when you find out? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted February 27, 2014 Report Share Posted February 27, 2014 HS2 will only get you to Toton when coming from London then you still have to get another train or the tram? for another 15 mins or so journey So will it be any quicker in real terms? Be OK if you live in Long Eaton. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bilbraborn 1,594 Posted February 27, 2014 Report Share Posted February 27, 2014 Come on. You ought to know by now. Like a lot of expensive political projects, HS2 will never be for the benefit of ordinary people or businesses. It will be to make some influential politicians a darn sight richer than they already are. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bilboro-lad 294 Posted February 27, 2014 Report Share Posted February 27, 2014 If I were a terrorist i'd be rubbing my hands in anticipation. A couple of g clamps on a rail and a train doing 250mph. Disaster on a megga scale and the whole line closed forever. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,160 Posted February 27, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2014 #5 just a thought,bilboro-lad,channel tunnel,as well? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Commo 1,292 Posted February 27, 2014 Report Share Posted February 27, 2014 Re #3, bit of a drastic solution having to live in Long Eaton just to save 15 minutes ! Mick's already moved out. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 866 Posted February 27, 2014 Report Share Posted February 27, 2014 RE #3 - I hear what you are saying - but even if HS2 landed you at Nottingham Midland (or better still Victoria!) over 90% of people would still have a 15-20 minute journey to reach home/work or wherever. The only advantage would be to those for whom the great new religion of shopping is the be-all and end-all in life. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mudgie49 401 Posted February 27, 2014 Report Share Posted February 27, 2014 Politicians who back these projects,and the contractors who build them,are the ones that benefit. The ordinary people suffer the disruption and expence,and never see any profit.It has been like this for years,and not likely to change. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poohbear 1,360 Posted February 27, 2014 Report Share Posted February 27, 2014 I see nothing wrong with these prestigious projects costing billions...all to the advantage of the common man in the street...after all we all enjoyed our flights on Concorde...Didn't we? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 866 Posted February 27, 2014 Report Share Posted February 27, 2014 I guess the Victorians said the same when they were digging up Thurland Street to get the GC into Victoria - not to mention the hundreds of houses that were demolished to make way for Victoria itself...No? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bilbraborn 1,594 Posted February 27, 2014 Report Share Posted February 27, 2014 Most of those houses were probably ready to fall down anyway. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted February 27, 2014 Report Share Posted February 27, 2014 There is a row of Railway cottages on the left travelling by train between Beeston and Long Eaton, next to the Rail control?They are fantastic, should have preservation order on them. One occupied by Roger Lymn, known to members here.HS2: Long Eaton Victorian railway cottages may be flattened - BBC Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bilbraborn 1,594 Posted February 27, 2014 Report Share Posted February 27, 2014 A lot of railway cottages are no longer anywhere near a railway. They once were. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 866 Posted February 27, 2014 Report Share Posted February 27, 2014 Re #13 - they were the station cottages at Trent station. Somebody who lived in one once told my mum that all the occupants were looking forward to the end of steam around 1958 - the washing on the line was permanently grey! When diesels took over they discovered that the fumes impregnated the clothes with an oily texture and smell that was even harder to eliminate. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,509 Posted February 28, 2014 Report Share Posted February 28, 2014 There is a row of Railway cottages on the left travelling by train between Beeston and Long Eaton, next to the Rail control? They are fantastic, should have preservation order on them. One occupied by Roger Lymn, known to members here.HS2: Long Eaton Victorian railway cottages may be flattened - BBC Yes I knew Roger Lymn ..... Bass (?) player in Sons of Adam 1965/66. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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