London may have gone into a Covid-accelerated decline

Re:London may have gone into a Covid-accelerated decline by ENIanDEM on Sunday May 24, 2020 @04:42AM (#23290138)

Sorry, no. High speed rail's main benefit is to increase capacity on existing lines by removing fast trains from the mix. Currently big gaps have to be left in front of the fast trains to allow them to run. The reduction in travel time is a secondary benefit.

I was unaware of this until I recently discovered Gareth Dennis on twitter, who is doing a fantastic job of making up for HS2 ltd's appallingly lacking public engagement "strategy".

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Re:London may have gone into a Covid-accelerated decline by venantius on Sunday May 24, 2020 @05:50AM (#23290418)

Surely you mean removing slow trains from the mix?

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Re:London may have gone into a Covid-accelerated decline by ENIanDEM on Monday May 25, 2020 @01:24AM (#23298141)

Maybe "slow" is a misnomer or misleading. By slow we're talking about local services which stop at every station. When you relocate fast trains onto another line, those local services benefit considerably. Ultimately you get more local services running, which alleviates the sardine-style travel we currently endure.

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