Noit@lemm.ee to UK Politics@feddit.ukEnglish · 2 years agoHS2 is officially ‘unachievable’ after being given red ratingwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square52fedilinkarrow-up148arrow-down11
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minus-squarePetrichor ᚄᚔᚅᚐᚁᚆᚃᚒᚔᚂ@mastodon.ielinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 years ago@Noit Britain isn’t able to do high-speed rail?
minus-squareNoit@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·2 years agoBritain struggles to achieve any project of scale. Just look at our lack of success in building nuclear power stations.
minus-squarevext01@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoWe have one high speed rail link already, HS1. It goes from London to the channel tunnel. This article is about HS2, that would go north.
minus-squarePetrichor ᚄᚔᚅᚐᚁᚆᚃᚒᚔᚂ@mastodon.ielinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years ago@vext01 Perhaps what I mean is that the British are *now* unable to build projects of scale
minus-squarevext01@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoMaybe not with all the other stuff going on…
minus-squareramble81@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoIf you think that’s bad, wait till you hear about the US… Only one small part that hits 150mph (240km/h) on a 50mi (80km) section. For a country that’s got more land area that Europe…
@Noit Britain isn’t able to do high-speed rail?
Britain struggles to achieve any project of scale. Just look at our lack of success in building nuclear power stations.
We have one high speed rail link already, HS1. It goes from London to the channel tunnel.
This article is about HS2, that would go north.
@vext01 Perhaps what I mean is that the British are *now* unable to build projects of scale
Maybe not with all the other stuff going on…
If you think that’s bad, wait till you hear about the US… Only one small part that hits 150mph (240km/h) on a 50mi (80km) section. For a country that’s got more land area that Europe…