Comments on: Breakthrough in HS2 mass transit procurement process https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/civils/hs2/breakthrough-in-hs2-mass-transit-procurement-process-10-02-2025/ Read UK Construction Industry News, Analysis, Opinion and data Mon, 24 Feb 2025 15:37:55 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/wp-content/themes/mbm-mops-2017/images/logo.gif Construction News https://www.constructionnews.co.uk 125 75 Read UK Construction Industry News, Analysis, Opinion and data By: Malcolm swallow https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/civils/hs2/breakthrough-in-hs2-mass-transit-procurement-process-10-02-2025/#comment-2070 Mon, 24 Feb 2025 15:37:55 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=514111#comment-2070 In reply to Malcolm swallow.

And “cable-pulled” sounds like a recipe for unreliability. The knicker elastic breaks and the whole system shuts down each time. Light rail is eco+++, and very comfortable/flexible. Later changes to tracks/routes are not complex in engineering terms are they.

]]> By: Malcolm swallow https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/civils/hs2/breakthrough-in-hs2-mass-transit-procurement-process-10-02-2025/#comment-2069 Mon, 24 Feb 2025 15:34:37 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=514111#comment-2069 The Article doesn’t make sense “2.2 km people mover for £250m”? It feels like it would be cheaper to arrange for a bulk Uber account and a queue of taxis to take people from station to station!

What alternatives have been examined? Surely an extension to the W Midland Light Rail would make more sense for example?

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