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@Dooks-Fatberg
I work in railway investment projects and I haven't fully coalesced my thoughts about HS2 yet. It's hard to get to the truth of it behind the click-baity headlines that jump on the inevitable issues any major complex project attracts. Not defending it per se but a lot of what gets reported is either subjective and emotive or designed to stoke up reactions. I'd be interested to read the latest business case for the various options.
I would say that whether or not it goes ahead is not a zero sum game with other investments and improvements though. There is lots going on that isn't well publicized. In a lot of places the existing railway is at capacity under conventional signalling. I'm currently working on a project to introduce digital signalling to the East Coast Mainline that should unlock that and enable improved capacity and reliability. We've just had £350m by approved by the DfT to fit the remainder of freight and passenger trains so we can go signals away in 2024.
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