May take 15,20 years and a LOT of money ,but it will happen.

Yeah exactly why I don’t see this happening anytime in the near future. Lot of money which Alistair darling went and spent bailing out Banks last year.

Should of been done 15-20 years ago, but we invested in Motorways. I don’t see it happening because we have to build on current lines which will disrupt services.

15-20 years, I would multiply that by 2 as were English and cant build anything to time. Look how long it took to build Wembley. If it does get built then great, but I see something along the lines of terminal 5 happening a total fiasco.

Again am English, but I have a very pessimistic view of things when we say were going to build something. To be honest if they are wanting a HSR then it needs to link the whole country up instead of one side.

Not often i agree with MOL, i cant stand the guy anyway, but this time i actually agree with him. HSR= insane http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/aug/05/high-speed-rail-airline-flights

So London to Yorkshire/Newcastle/Edinburgh in under 3 hours, London to Birmingham/Manchester/Glasgow in under 3 hours, London to Bristol in under 3, London to Cardiff in under 3, London to Penzance in under 4, Leeds to Manchester/Liverpool in under 1 (and under hour and half for Liverpool) etc.