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Well, the #IntegratedRailPlan (a.k.a. #RailBetrayal) has landed. And immediately we can see that their plans are just a re-announcement of things that have already been planned (or indeed cancelled): 
Actually, the proposals precisely mimic the NIC's Rail Needs Assessment from last year, despite government decrying it loudly after its publication.
If you want to understand why those plans were bad, I wrote about it in reasonable detail: #RailBetrayal
garethdennis.medium.com/the-nic-have-f…
If you want to understand why those plans were bad, I wrote about it in reasonable detail: #RailBetrayal
garethdennis.medium.com/the-nic-have-f…
Good god. You know what? It isn't possible for me to thread this document as I'd planned to as it is genuine top-to-bottom bullshit. #RailBetrayal
This paragraph, for example, is completely untrue. How on earth did the HS2 plans prevent electrification? This is fiction!
This paragraph, for example, is completely untrue. How on earth did the HS2 plans prevent electrification? This is fiction!
I've no doubt I'm going to be popping up all day talking about the government's awful #RailBetrayal - but here's a warm up in the @Independent: independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi…
My key #RailBetrayal line:
“Running faster trains on the existing network will actually result in a railway that can carry fewer passengers and less freight than it can today.”
“Running faster trains on the existing network will actually result in a railway that can carry fewer passengers and less freight than it can today.”
I popped up at around 06:05 this morning on @BBC5Live if you want to hear the exasperation in my voice at the government's unbelievably cynical pronouncements on their "glorious plan".
As pointed out by @JenWilliamsMEN and others, there is a lot of confusion in the midst of this week's #RailBetrayal news over what the various legs and phases of HS2 and NPR actually refer to...
So, I created a map (click to pause):
So, I created a map (click to pause):
The white lines are the existing network, in case you hadn't worked it out...
It becomes pretty obvious why the Eastern Leg is so crucial when you see the map above, but if you want another animated map then this explains things clearly:
It becomes pretty obvious why the Eastern Leg is so crucial when you see the map above, but if you want another animated map then this explains things clearly:
Want a static version of the map in high-res? Be my guest (note that some of the HS2/NPR stations have been omitted for clarity):
