Councillor John Whitelegg of the North Lancashire Green party proposed a moti0n at the recent Green Party conference that condemned the proposals for a new high speed rail link between Birmingham and London. He said that the proposals currently on the table would be “economically and environmentally unsound” and pointed out that the proposed HS2 trains would burn 50% more energy mile-for-mile than the Eurostar, and that HS2 would produce more than twice the emissions of an intercity train.
“HS2 is a ‘rich person’s railway’ – the business case assumes that a third of passengers will be on incomes of £70,000 or more.”
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