Jump to content

High Speed UK (Advocacy Group)

Add links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

High Speed UK (HSUK) is an advocacy group which proposes an alternative route to High Speed 2 that broadly incorporates the proposed Northern Powerhouse Rail (High Speed 3) scheme.[1] Railway engineers Colin Elliff and Quentin Macdonald founded the group.[2]

The HSUK proposal is not officially approved or funded by government.[1] The scheme was launched in 2008, renamed in 2013 and received a parliamentary hearing in 2015.[3]

Proposed Routes

[edit]

According to the HSUK plan, there are 72 proposed services, as of August 2023.[4] The routes are categorised into 7 service groupings.[5]

Service group Name No. of routes Source
S01 Crosscountry 14 [6]
S02 Transpennine 15 [7]
S03 North & Scotland 17 [8]
S04 North-West Corridor 9 [9]
S05 M1 Corridor 9 [10]
S06 Great Western -TBA- [5]
S07 Heathrow 8 [11]

Comparison to HS2

[edit]

Comparison to HS2

[edit]

The group claims various benefits of their plan compared to the proposals for HS2.[12] This includes:

  • The cost of HSUK is £20 billion less than current plans for HS2 and HS3.[13]
  • 94% of journeys are improved.
  • 40% less travel time on average.[14]
  • 600 million tonnes of CO2 reduced.[15]
  • The Chilterns are bypassed.[16]
  • Most work involves improving existing infrastructure and restoring old lines, which is cheaper.
  • The project is one that integrates new infrastructure with existing infrastructure.[17]
  • All principal UK cities are connected.[18]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b "About HSUK". High Speed UK. High Speed North Limited. Archived from the original on 15 April 2015. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  2. ^ Burn, Chris (14 December 2017). "Maverick railway engineers from Yorkshire hoping to stop HS2 in its tracks". The Yorkshire Post.
  3. ^ "The Economics of High Speed 2; Chapter 5: Alternatives to Provide Capacity". Parliament.UK. 2015.
  4. ^ "SERVICE DIAGRAMS". highspeeduk.co.uk. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  5. ^ a b Compendium of Services
  6. ^ S01
  7. ^ S02
  8. ^ S03
  9. ^ S04
  10. ^ S05
  11. ^ S07
  12. ^ "ABOUT HSUK". www.highspeeduk.co.uk. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  13. ^ "COST". www.highspeeduk.co.uk. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  14. ^ "JOURNEY TIME". www.highspeeduk.co.uk. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  15. ^ "CO2". www.highspeeduk.co.uk. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  16. ^ "CHILTERNS". www.highspeeduk.co.uk. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  17. ^ "NETWORK". www.highspeeduk.co.uk. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  18. ^ "CONNECTIVITY". www.highspeeduk.co.uk. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
[edit]
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=High_Speed_UK_(Advocacy_Group)&oldid=1192676367"