Quote: "Journey time is quoted as 59 minutes.
Manchester Airport to central London is under 160 miles as the crow flies, 192 miles by road. If the trains travel at 225 mph why is there such doubt over the under an hour claim?
Dan"
Think about it Dan, the HS2 is going via Birmingham, and won't be doing 225mph all the way, there will be times when it slows a bit, for a bend for example, and for the station stops in the middle of nowhere. 225 mph is the maximum speed not the average. Some present trains are capable of 140 mph but rarely go over 125 mph, and average around 100 mph.
Not going to happen.