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This is how the Swiss would have done HS2
HS2 has become a case study in how not to build infrastructure. But what if we’d taken a different path entirely?
In this post, I imagine how the Swiss would have done it: starting with the timetable, not the project. It’s a counterfactual, but it’s not a fantasy.
Why aren’t we building a station at Calvert?
An HS2 station to connect with East West Rail would link eight of Europe's top 20 universities. So why aren't we doing it?
£760m for 35 miles of new track?
Railway costs are out of control: we need an antidote to learned helplessness