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[Marks DTM Calib]

He is actulay in real life a realy good guy and pretty knowledgeable.

[bigboykarl]

He is actulay in real life a realy good guy and pretty knowledgeable.

about trains

[Marks DTM Calib]

He is actulay in real life a realy good guy and pretty knowledgeable.

about trains

Clearly not to much of an idiot from a business perspective either 

[the alarming man]

just music he as dire taste in then..?

[Sir Tigger KC]

Aaah.... The Hitman and Her!!!    Happy memories of waking up on the sofa with a stiff neck and wearing my kebab after passing out to that on a Saturday night!! 

[TheBoy]

He is actulay in real life a realy good guy and pretty knowledgeable.

Never met him. Never want to to be honest. So can't say if this is a temporary bout of retardness, or if he is permenantly thick.

[Turk]

he has just been on local news saying that, due to HS2 decision, Oxford people will benefit because they can get to Manchester quicker.

How?

rather retard.

The government announced on Tuesday that the HS2 line from London to Birmingham and eventually on to Manchester and Leeds will go ahead. 
http://www.harrowobserver.co.uk/west-london-news/local-harrow-news/2012/01/11/brent-leaders-welcome-hs2-approval-116451-30104591/

[Dishevelled Den]

The bloke's a legend, there would have been no Hitman and Her if it wasn't for Pete

I always fancied 'her'.

[Dishevelled Den]

he has just been on local news saying that, due to HS2 decision, Oxford people will benefit because they can get to Manchester quicker.

How?

rather retard.

More to the point WHY?

That's an important point J - my wife asked me the same question last night and I'm afraid to say that I couldn't think of one justifiable reason for the sane to do so.

[tunnie]

he has just been on local news saying that, due to HS2 decision, Oxford people will benefit because they can get to Manchester quicker.

How?

rather retard.

The government announced on Tuesday that the HS2 line from London to Birmingham and eventually on to Manchester and Leeds will go ahead. 
http://www.harrowobserver.co.uk/west-london-news/local-harrow-news/2012/01/11/brent-leaders-welcome-hs2-approval-116451-30104591/

Well yes, thats well known. But the reason for asking is how this will benefit Oxford? HS2 goes no way near Oxford!!

Look at this image:



How the fek does that benefit Oxford?

[SIR Philbutt]

The bloke's a legend, there would have been no Hitman and Her if it wasn't for Pete

I always fancied 'her'.

Micheala can be found on countryfile on Sunday's - still looking pretty good as well

[Marks DTM Calib]

It wont benefit Oxford and shouldn't either.

For me, a high speed link is only of use if it serves cities that are a reasonable distance apart hence I guess London, Birmingham, Manchester, Newcastle and maybe a tunnel to the independent state of Scotland  makes some sense.

Clearly we do need to do some pretty major work on the rail network and the idiots who say upgrade what we have got are missing the MASSIVE challenge that means.

[tunnie]

It wont benefit Oxford and shouldn't either.

For me, a high speed link is only of use if it serves cities that are a reasonable distance apart hence I guess London, Birmingham, Manchester, Newcastle and maybe a tunnel to the independent state of Scotland  makes some sense.

Clearly we do need to do some pretty major work on the rail network and the idiots who say upgrade what we have got are missing the MASSIVE challenge that means.

The failed West Coast upgrade shows just that!

One interesting side cut from this, as it got me interested is the Crossrail interchange for HS2 & Heathrow link, puts it at Old Oak Common, which is the old Eurostar service point + First Great Westerns traction maintenance yard.

If this gets build, Great Western line will be a bit stuffed, as they will have no maintenance facilities east of Reading.

[Marks DTM Calib]

Actualy, just checked on the Oxford to Manchester times and it would be quicker.

It takes 3 hours at the moment with one change.

With HS2 (as, when and if it goes to Manchester!) it would be a 1 hour journey to Birmingham International plus the 45 minutes to Manchester and say a 15 minute change time so 1 hour less.

[Marks DTM Calib]

It wont benefit Oxford and shouldn't either.

For me, a high speed link is only of use if it serves cities that are a reasonable distance apart hence I guess London, Birmingham, Manchester, Newcastle and maybe a tunnel to the independent state of Scotland  makes some sense.

Clearly we do need to do some pretty major work on the rail network and the idiots who say upgrade what we have got are missing the MASSIVE challenge that means.

The failed West Coast upgrade shows just that!

One interesting side cut from this, as it got me interested is the Crossrail interchange for HS2 & Heathrow link, puts it at Old Oak Common, which is the old Eurostar service point + First Great Westerns traction maintenance yard.

If this gets build, Great Western line will be a bit stuffed, as they will have no maintenance facilities east of Reading.

The maintenance facilites are no issue, they have plenty of time to address that and Old Oak Common is not in a great position anyway as its almost unaccessable during the day due to the lack of paths on the mega busy network around it

The West coast work was very succesful and the upgrade we need would make that job look like a minor makeover as the fundamental challenge in the UK is the huge loading gauge limitiation. To fix that requires new bridges, tunnels everything....hence cheaper to build a new line and much less disruptive.