A high-speed Elizabeth Line?
FOLLOWING Kirk Martin’s letter (January issue) about HS2’s missed opportunities, I wondered if anybody had ever considered using the Crossrail tunnel to connect HS1 with HS2?
It may sound crazy, but the Elizabeth Line runs from Old Oak Common to Stratford, and it just so happens that both HS2 and HS1 also do.
Crossrail was built to full main line standards with 25kV overhead power and the journey time from one end to the other (including stops) is just 21 minutes. Surely, one path per hour could be found for a through HS train from Birmingham to Paris, even going at the same speed as the EL trains? It could even stop at Paddington and Liverpool Street
