The Railway Magazine

It’s about time there was a major rethink on infrastructure and climate change...

The new year has begun much as the old one ended, with HS2 again hitting the headlines and becoming a hot topic in the press and on social media.

A decision on the Oakervee report over the project’s future is imminent, and debate over whether HS2 should be built or not has been re-ignited following Lord Berkeley’s critical report.

The Government is aiming to remove diesel trains from the network by 2040, but is being pressed to achieve that transition earlier.

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