With two debates of HS2 – one to support the project and one to oppose it – likely to be heard at Green Party Conference on Sunday 8th October, we have produced another information leaflet ‘Hold the Line’. Images are below, and the PDF file can be found on this link.
The links to the videos from Green Party members can be found on our page What Greens (and others) have said about HS2, whilst the video explaining ERTMS, which is a way to add masses of capacity to the entire rail network at a fraction of the cost, with out any environmental damage – a truly Green solution to our future transport needs – is below.
The graphs shown above can be found on the ORR website. Please note, that if you do visit this site, the graphs are set to display figures for the entire rail network by default. The entire network is showing figures of about 70% of pre-pandemic levels, as while passenger numbers on some parts of the network have recovered , these are passengers doing short-distance inter-urban journeys in and around where they live. Avanti services on the West Coast Mainline are at 60% of their previous levels, showing a clear trend after the pandemic away from long-distance inter city commuting and business travel – exactly the thing HS2 was designed for.
And here’s that video from the Dutch. It’s in Dutch, but has English subtitles….
Greens Against HS2 
#StopHS2 Solidarity
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Good to see this. Interesting to see the Dutch contribution. A small densely populated country which has fast intercity trains but has not gone down the white elephant route.
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