#HS2 "started as an incoherent decision and it has been incoherent in its execution as well...If ministers had been told that £100bn would not have bought a complete railway it might never have gone ahead" - Former head of National Audit Office Lord Amyas Morse (FT 26.8.21)

House of Lords question 15 March. Ukraine refugees will not get free travel by air or train into the UK. Disgraceful. hansard.parliament.uk/Lords/2022-03-…

"A better solution is to persuade the unions in the essential transport sector to agree to guarantee to keep a proportion of services operating during a strike." ✍️ tony berkeley politicshome.com/thehouse/artic…

HS2 overall cost £136.37bn and rising, completion dates for Phases 1 and 2A to Crewe 2035-6 and to Manchester 2045. Still no firm design for the approaches to Euston and uncertain settlement issues and speed limits over the Cheshire brine fields. tonyberkeley.co.uk/#xl_xr_page_hs2

Would Government like an extra £100bn? tonyberkeley.co.uk/#xl_xr_page_hs2

Rail ministers 'asleep at the wheel'! Failed HS2 has not had a chairman for a year, and failed Avanti WCML's MD has now resigned over lack of train services. Leaves DfT ministers responsible for these and other failures stil in charge - but for how long?

HS2 cost at today’s prices £155.52bn Net cost of cancellation and repurposing £8bn Press Release - HS2 under the axe – a perspective! tonyberkeley.co.uk/#xl_xr_page_hs2

Check out this new article: really worth reading newsncr.com/business/the-d…

HS2 going nowhere fast! pod.fo/e/14c954

From my Ukraine rail friends; UZ tries to provide passenger services on the liberated areas asap. Just recently UZ established multimodal service to Kupiansk in Kharkiv reigon using EMU/DMU/bus. They need buses/minibuses. Tel: +38 (044) 309-68-47 [email protected]

I just signed the petition demanding Liz Truss is denied a resignation honours list. Will you sign too? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/liz-… via 38 Degrees

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great obit - but you forgot Adrian got a real safety case from Alan Cooksey for the level crossing in his garden narrow gauge railway!

dropbox.com/s/29s0mgddm4tl… Food parcels sent to rail worker and their families in Ukraine killed or injured in the war - thanks to allrail.eu/ukrainerailtas… More donations gratefully received.

worth a read passengertransport.co.uk/2023/01/railwa…

From the Standard!

Over 100 prospective candidates approached by DfT for the role of HS2 chair refused this attractive offer, but they did not apprach me. I wonder why! Was this too much of a poisoned chalice or where they not offered a knighthood or peerage as well?

Single fares to Isles of Scilly to reach £!00 unless steamship company joins the Council's Levelling up bid process! Go it alone without government grant may be good for shareholders but disaster for the island economy. hansard.parliament.uk/Lords/2023-07-…

Treasury controlled Infrastructure & Projects Authority says about HS2 Phase 1 and 2A ‘Successful delivery of the project appears to be unachievable.' What are they waiting for? assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/upl…

Police blocking the safe cycle lane in Parliament Square - too lazy to park the other side and walk across the road.