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Reminder: it is official Green Party policy to support a high speed North-South railway to reduce short haul flights.
Such a railway would also reduce lorries and cars on the road, by vastly increasing local freight/stopping train services by separating high speed trains.
Such a railway would also reduce lorries and cars on the road, by vastly increasing local freight/stopping train services by separating high speed trains.
HS2 is not just an upgrade in speed and capacity for the often overcrowded Avanti/LNER high speed national services, but it frees up the East Coast/West Coast main lines to run more local stopping services. Currently local services are required to get out of the way of high speed
https://www.globalrailwayreview.com/news/89694/hs2-capacity-britains-existing-rail/#:~:text=HS2%20trains%20will%20be%20able,%2C%20Newark%2C%20Newcastle%20and%20Macclesfield.">https://www.globalrailwayreview.com/news/8969...
Any loss of habitat, especially ancient woodland, is extremely regrettable.
However, HS2 doesn& #39;t affect nearly as much as is often claimed, and building HS2 would mean more ancient woodland is saved overall, as road schemes (10x more damaging per mile) aren& #39;t needed as much.
However, HS2 doesn& #39;t affect nearly as much as is often claimed, and building HS2 would mean more ancient woodland is saved overall, as road schemes (10x more damaging per mile) aren& #39;t needed as much.
Make sure to follow @Greens4HS2 for actual evidence based green policy, and practical ways to remove cars and lorries off the roads, and more people on more sustainable electric railways.
