HS2

I am sort of mixed up about HS2. I really do think our current rail system is sadly lacking in something. 

Do I think it needs a complete rebuild on new land my answer is NO. I really do not know what the problem is. I go from New Street to London in an hour and a half unless of course if I catch a London Midland Train that stops here there and every where and that takes 2.5 hours.

I just don't understand why a few minutes will make any difference. 

We may all arrive in London at super fast times but you can guarentee we will not be struggling to get where we are going once we arrive in London on the out dated underground.

May be the quality of our trains and the load capacity is something to do with the widths of carriages for example in Spain it is 5ft something they are wider they are air conditioned and they carry people comfortably.

I have a 2nd thought! why is it so important to transport people from Birmingham to London in quick time? I personally think no matter what the PM says HS2 is just a sticking plaster and instead of sort out what you have it's just easier to build something new for no reason other than get the Brummies into London a few minutes quicker than they currently can.

I say NO to HS2 but yes to sorting out what we already have! For starters Virgin can do fewer 1st Class carriages instead of 4 or 5 the rest are standard.

Has any one actually thought how we transport people, personally I am sick and tired of watching all the 1st class carriages pass me by with a hand ful of people using them, whilst there are fewer standard carriages which become crammed.


To be Perfectly honest I heard a lot about the German train system much to my embarrassed hosts it failed to deliver was uncomfortable and not something I would want to do again.


The Spanish however totally surprised me, Clean comfortable and on time