Quote: "HS2: Less than an hour to Central London....
Sorry to post in amongst all this ongoing deep discussion about airport ownership and the like, but just listening to Radio 4 the reporter said that Manchester Airport will get its own HS2 station, (as the poster above mentions, with link) and Central London will be "less than an hour" away.
Is this not a game changer for thinking about London's airport capacity and what happens in the South East? I say that on the assumption that you have an airport in the North West with two long runways which I assume are not fully utilised....?
EGCA"
Don't believe that for a minute: they say London-Birmingham will be 50 minutes, a mere 9 minutes (max) more to Ringway? That's Ringway via Brum by the way! Maybe it's more sloppy journalism.
The diagram on that link isn't that clear, but it looks that the Ringway station isn't actually on the airport.
No it will have no bearing on the airport situation in the south-east. That will have to be dealt with many many years before the HS2 arrives at manchester in 2033 at the earliest.
Quote: "I think the Shed On a Pole posting was excellent actually.
Somewhat tounge in cheek but right on the money !"
Yes, also enjoyed it, very good indeed!
Last edited by Fairdealfrank; 28th Jan 2013 at 18:07.