Some of these trains can run via an upgraded link to the North London Line and Old Oak common and onto Crossrail as Green gauge 21 have advocated.
Saturday 14 May 2011
The West Coast reasons for HS2
The West Coast Main Line has been upgraded as far as it can be. It carries freight trains and 125-140 mph express trains on its fast lines and freight and stopping services on its slow lines. If HS2 is built there will be less express trains using the Euston - Birmingham section allowing for more frieght to run onto the Channel tunnel and a better commuter setvice, Plus reopening of the Bletchley- Oxford Line so that Milton Keynes commuters can reach Oxford and Cambridge (scheduled for opening in 2031) has also been proposed.
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This could alos link onto teh Thameslink services between West Hampstead and Mill Hill to allow stopping services to reach an Old Oak Common Interchange if it were designed to be multi level like Stratford International.
ReplyDeleteThus there is a need for this to be done as part of the construction of High Speed 2 for when Euston station is being rebuilt for HS2.
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