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Britain is building one of the world’s most expensive railways

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61 points peutetre | 1 comments | 20 Nov 24 13:51 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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Dennip ◴[20 Nov 24 15:28 UTC] No.42194722[source]▶
Mismanagement aside, HS2 required 8000+ different permits along its route [1], as well as years of opposition and legal battles from environmental groups and NIMBYs.

This is a significant portion of the cost, huge amounts of 'green tunnels' and cuttings are being created where they are not needed.

[1] https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/nov/07/cost-of-shed...

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tharmas ◴[20 Nov 24 15:49 UTC] No.42194994[source]▶
Im sure Regular rail like WCML would've been much cheaper and less disruptive.
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1. stuaxo ◴[21 Nov 24 23:48 UTC] No.42209865[source]▶
They already tried upgrading WCML at massive disruption over years and the gains weren't particularly much.

It was realised that new track was the way to go.