“Reasons for things going wrong [include] successive government commissioned reviews, changing objectives and political priorities” - BBC News
“Anyway, here’s another change to the specification and the political priorities” - the Labour Government
Katie Fenn
Today, the DfT announced its marvellous, magical changes to HS2 to save costs. These changes are:
⭕ Reduce the maximum speed from 360 to 320 km/h
🤖 Remove Automatic Train Operation (ATO)
🚦 Reduce the signalling system (ETCS) specification
This will save 2% off HS2's capex. Good idea?
