HarryForHS2 @HighspeedHarry
HS2 is needed. Extra capacity is needed. Rail industry pathing expert. I make timetables for a living. Joined February 2021-
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As a train driver, the amount of emergency and temporary speed restrictions on the rail network I'm seeing at the minute god only knows what will happen should their be track maintenance worker redundancies. Let's hope common sense prevails. #solidarity @RMTunion
Reminder: £5bn for an underground high-speed station at Manchester Piccadilly (which won't even cost that much) is an irresponsible waste of taxpayer's hard-earned money. But £45bn on tax-cuts for the highest earners is prudent economic policy!
Great question Suzanne (I hope you don’t mind me retweeting you to answer!) - My response to that is that you’re safer in the tunnel than you are sat at home, allow me to explain in a thread ⬇️
Great question Suzanne (I hope you don’t mind me retweeting you to answer!) - My response to that is that you’re safer in the tunnel than you are sat at home, allow me to explain in a thread ⬇️
@grantshapps Have a listen to one of the more upstanding members of the house. Sums it up well in 40 seconds 😀
@frances_cutler @HS2ltd Eurostar figures are <6g/km/passenger using their actual data - i.e. average occupancy levels (not 100% full). Average car occupancy for business is 1.2 and has been for over 15 years now.
@frances_cutler @HS2ltd The claims #HS2 won’t be carbon neutral for 120 years are false.
@frances_cutler @HS2ltd The claims #HS2 won’t be carbon neutral for 120 years are false.
@Dodgybob3 @HS2ltd @transportgovuk No, it pays for itself. Its cost will be recouped several times over throughout its lifespan. Virgin won't be running the services. People get paid to build things? That is outrageous. 29 of the 31 stations served are not in London. HS2 is exactly what will help packed trains.
@Clonbrusk @HS2ltd @DriverPotter £0. It’s funded by borrowing, not taxation. £90Bn new money in the economy to be taxed for public services. £6bn pa keeping petrol at the same price as 2010 & x2 HS2 on 900 miles of road a year are the disaster, not a 300 mile electric railway.
🌍 but... but... I thought Zoom had removed the need for anyone or anything to go anywhere?! #whyHS2 thetimes.co.uk/article/traffi…
@Rock_Lovejoy @adambro @Ninnytothree @RedJohnBounds Nope, it was included in the original docs:
@DMudification @adambro @RedJohnBounds @justiceTpope1 5) Far less harmful than the planned Heathrow airport expansion, or more motorway expansions thats for sure!
@DMudification @adambro @RedJohnBounds @justiceTpope1 4) The biggest issue that should be addressed is why does it cost so much to build here, but not elsewhere? As for destruction, the plans show that for every tree that has to be cut, they will replant many more, its going to be environmentally friendly long term.
@DMudification @adambro @RedJohnBounds @justiceTpope1 3) Long distance freight, post & parcels needs to come off the roads & planes, back to trains, to do this we need HS2, 3 & 4 to be honest, we are decades behind every other major european country with this, domestic air travel needs to be a thing of the past.
@DMudification @adambro @RedJohnBounds @justiceTpope1 2) The fact is the whole existing network is creaking at the seams, & in order to stand a chance of meeting Climate Change commitments, electric railways will be essential & major work needs doing to the existing victorian assets, along with a lot of infill electrification.
@DMudification @adambro @RedJohnBounds @justiceTpope1 1) It's always going to be relevant, passenger numbers are already back to 50% of pre covid, the work from home thing has worn thin, people having to do longer hours for no extra pay, the office is not dead.
@XRCamden How do you reduce consumption, create 15 minute cities & create space for improved green spaces without reducing reliance on private cars? HS2’s capacity release enabled more local services, new stations routes & freight paths across the Midlands & North…
@jordanbhx @XRCamden The amount of deforestation caused by HS2 has been massively over exaggerated by vested interests. 0.01% of our ancient woodland is by no means vast swathes, and 300 miles of train is nothing compared to the 4,000 miles of road we’re building in 5 years.
@jordanbhx @XRCamden The amount of deforestation caused by HS2 has been massively over exaggerated by vested interests. 0.01% of our ancient woodland is by no means vast swathes, and 300 miles of train is nothing compared to the 4,000 miles of road we’re building in 5 years.
@blonde_done @GreenJennyJones @CarolyneCulver @MarkKeir6 Yeah I’m not gonna take that as evidence when protestors KILLED AN ACTUAL DEER last year, stuck it on a fence and pretended it was “done by #HS2” Was this reported? What’s the crime reference number? Any news articles? Other photos from the scene?
@bearwitness2019 @HS2ltd @XRebellionUK @ChrisGPackham Except it's false news. Deer was shot and placed, what a low down move #hs2
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BREAKING: Elon Musk just announced Starlink will provide free Internet for schools in Brazil if the government won’t honor their contract. This comes after Brazil's government threatened to suspend all contracts with Starlink. Who else stands with Elon?
Great to see @WoodlandTrust advert on HS1 trains. #HighSpeedRail is essential to reduce demand for air travel, road freight and car trips. #HS2 will also deliver unprecedented new habitats along the route, with a biodiversity net gain, and we trust they will support that too 😉
Meet Bessie. @bessbbe is fab: a hugely enthusiastic @RailFreight driver who wants to encourage more women train drivers. She's a great cheerleader for rail. Oh, and she has written a lovely book for children. She's on @BBCSouthNews later too.
Striking bridge set to light up 💡 our gateway into Birmingham. The bridge has been nicknamed “The Bellingham Bridge” in honour of the England superstar's recent performances. It is the tallest structure in the sequence of structures that make up the Curzon Street Approaches.
It wasn’t 8% It was 4% this year 4% next year P45 the year after. That offer had more strings than a harp.
@6TownsMart @wackiesimp If we want to tackle potholes, we need to tackle unsustainable growth in motor vehicle journeys. They've increased faster than population. Potholes aren't just a maintenance issue, they're a demand issue. But we can maintain roads, and invest in public transport. We can do both.
@wackiesimp @HS2ltd I wonder what putting all those engineers and associated staff out off work will do for their cost of living crisis.
@wackiesimp @HS2ltd So you’re advocating austerity? We can afford this and to address everything you mention but it’s a political choice not to
@Wild_Violet23 @HS2ltd Dumb talking point. It will be used by people who want to travel for hundreds of years. They will all be taxpayers
Revealed 👀! The designs for the 150-metre section of viaduct as part of the approach to #Birmingham’s new Curzon Street Station, including a 25-metre-high truss which will create a new icon on the city’s skyline. Find out more: gloo.to/6mgM
@Wild_Violet23 @HS2ltd Who uses the current West Coast Intercity services that transfer to HS2? It won’t be a case of one or the other.
@Wild_Violet23 @HS2ltd Most taxpayers don't use the M6, shall we knock that down?
@Wild_Violet23 @HS2ltd How do you know most tax payers will never use it, All the high speeds trains will transfer to the new line from day one and for your information the taxes payers money isn't even being touch, it being built through borrowing.
If there’s invasive species spreading around woodlands near you, give me a DM. If somebody has illegally blocked a bike lane, byway, or footpath, give me a DM. Sometimes these problems mysteriously resolve themselves shortly after you tell me about them.
@hollyshortall @thetrainline Please use your local ticket office at your local Railway Station! The staff will be more than happy to help and will give advice. In my experience thetrainline give incorrect and poor information, so I would encourage you to stop using them.
@hollyshortall @thetrainline Dont use trainline - go to the ticket counter and ask the lovely person behind the counter to do you a best deal on your route - which they will happily, saving you money while you help keep a worker in their job which is under threat because of scabs such as trainline.
As a train driver, the amount of emergency and temporary speed restrictions on the rail network I'm seeing at the minute god only knows what will happen should their be track maintenance worker redundancies. Let's hope common sense prevails. #solidarity @RMTunion
Reminder: £5bn for an underground high-speed station at Manchester Piccadilly (which won't even cost that much) is an irresponsible waste of taxpayer's hard-earned money. But £45bn on tax-cuts for the highest earners is prudent economic policy!
Great question Suzanne (I hope you don’t mind me retweeting you to answer!) - My response to that is that you’re safer in the tunnel than you are sat at home, allow me to explain in a thread ⬇️
@TMBlakeEurostar I’m too frightened of the tunnel under the sea to even contemplate Eurostar. Do you deal with any nervous passengers with regard to this? What advice would you give?
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