Articles on High Speed Rail

Towards a High Speed Network Read this first!! This is the fundamental, campaigning article, arguing the need for an overall network plan, and showing how the lack of such a plan has resulted in serious, potentially catastrophic faults in the existing HS2 plans. There's still time to correct these, but not much!

Towards a High Speed Network Appendix D v2.1.pdfPublished separately as it is very esoteric, and unlikely to be of general interest.

Towards a High Speed Network - the Maps Gathers together in one place all the overall network maps.

The following Route and Service Plans articles provide all the supporting, background detail of the several HS routes and services:

HS1 Route and Service Plans The existing route, with short extensions, serving Kent and East Sussex (and, of course, Europe).

HS2 Route and Service Plans The already-proposed route to the West Midlands and the North West (but not Leeds!)

HS2 Mk2/Mk3 Route Loadings Provides a full elucidation of the route loadings for service plans 4, 5 and 6. (Not really likely to be of general interest, but if you are determined to know how these loadings are calculated and what they mean, here it is.)

HS3 Route and Service Plans The route to Scotland, via the East Midlands, Yorkshire and the North East.

HS3 Mk2 Route Loadings Provides a full elucidation of the route loadings for service plans 5 and 6. (Not really likely to be of general interest, but if you are determined to know how these loadings are calculated and what they mean, here it is.)

HS4 Route and Service Plans The route to South Wales and, in conjunction with HS7, to Bristol and the South West.

HS4 Mk2 Route Loadings Provides a full elucidation of the route loadings for service plans 5 and 6. (Not really likely to be of general interest, but if you are determined to know how these loadings are calculated and what they mean, here it is.)

HS5 Route and Service Plans The High Speed Brighton Line, to Sussex, West Kent and South Hampshire.

HS Eastern Routes and Service Plans (HS6 and HS10) The routes to West Anglia, Norwich, Lincolnshire and Hull.

HS Eastern Routes and Service Plans (HS6 and HS10) Appendix G  Published separately as it is very esoteric, and unlikely to be of general interest.

HS7 Route and Service Plans The NE/SW route, Newcastle to Plymouth, also serving South Wales, in conjunction with HS4.

HS7 Mk2 Route Loadings Provides a full elucidation of the route loadings for service plans 4 and 5. (Not really likely to be of general interest, but if you are determined to know how these loadings are calculated and what they mean, here it is.)

HS Transpennine Routes and Service Plans (HS8 and HS9) The Northern and Southern Transpennine routes, linking Lancashire with the North East, Yorkshire, the East Midlands and East Anglia.

HS Transpennine Routes Mk2 Route Loadings Provides a full elucidation of the route loadings for service plans 2 and 3. (Not really likely to be of general interest, but if you are determined to know how these loadings are calculated and what they mean, here it is.)

HS East Anglia and North Kent Routes and Service Plans (HS11 and HS12) The routes to Essex, North Kent and East Anglia.                    

HS East Anglia and North Kent Routes Mk2 Route Loadings Provides a full elucidation of the route loadings for service plans 3 and 4. (Not really likely to be of general interest, but if you are determined to know how these loadings are calculated and what they mean, here it is.)

HS Scottish Routes and Service Plans (HS13 and HS14) The Scottish routes, Edinburgh - Glasgow, Kilmarnock and Ayr, and Edinburgh/Glasgow - Stirling, Perth, Dundee and Aberdeen (also to Inverness!)

HS Scottish Routes Mk2 Route Loadings Provides a full elucidation of the route loadings for service plan 5 at Mk1A and Mk2. (Not really likely to be of general interest, but if you are determined to know how these loadings are calculated and what they mean, here it is.)

Cross-London Inter-Regional Connections A summary article, gathering in one place details from the above articles, showing  precisely how the various HS routes are linked across London, to provide superlative inter-regional connections.

Estimated Journey Times for High Speed Services A summary article, gathering in one place the estimated journey times section from each of the various Routes and Service Plans articles.

HS2 and Classic Service Plans Analyses HS2 Ltd's published plans.

Maximum Loadings of the HS Network Highlights the pinch sections, with maps.