A Look at HS2's Old Oak Common Station

Re:A Look at HS2's Old Oak Common Station by growlist on Thursday August 22, 2019 @09:41AM (#20767922)

Will there be any true express trains though? Surely the stops along the way reduce the reduction in travel time significantly. If there are going to be non-stop trains from London to Scotland it's a different proposition.

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Re:A Look at HS2's Old Oak Common Station by isostatic on Friday August 23, 2019 @05:14AM (#20775734)

Currently the trains out of euston to use HS2 are typically (there's occasional extra stops in the peak)

  1tph First Stop Warrington (2h20)
  1tph First Stop Crewe (1h40)
  1tph First Stop Stafford (1h20)
  1tph First Stop Stoke (1h30)
  2tph First Stop Rugby (1h)
  1tph First stop Coventry (1h10)

There's other trains that stop at Milton Keynes that will move too (Wales, Manchester), with far more additional trains stopping at MKC

Some make additional stops in the peak, but that won't happen with HS

Typical HS2 service will be

  Euston (for Crossrail2/Northern Line)
  OOC (for Crossrail/GWR/Heathrow) -- 5 miles
  Birmingham Interchange -- 100 miles
  Crewe -- 160 miles

  Euston (for Crossrail2/Northern Line)
  OOC (for Crossrail/GWR/Heathrow) -- 5 miles
  Birmingham Interchange -- 100 miles
  Birmingham Central -- 150 miles

With some trains non stop from OOC to Manchester Airport (175m)

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Re:A Look at HS2's Old Oak Common Station by Reason077 on Friday August 23, 2019 @07:50AM (#20776513)

Birmingham Central isn't 50 miles from Birmingham Interchange. More like 10 miles?

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Re:A Look at HS2's Old Oak Common Station by isostatic on Friday August 23, 2019 @09:46AM (#20777522)

Doh, yes, sorry copy and paste.

I suspect Curzon Street to Interchange will be relatively slow (7 minutes for 10 miles), like OOC to Euston

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