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For my money and that of the EU central bank we need HS2 as soon as possible.
Fast connections to other EU countries throughout UK are essential. Traffic taken away from existing Victorian routes will ease the strain and allow more slots for EU freight to transit day & night over the present system without being bottled up and shunted to one side. The more of those ghastly trucks from E.Europe which are poorly maintained and often driven recklessly are put on train wagons or simply loaded as rail freight the better.
The amount of quality time which can be spent on a laptop whilst travelling by train is so valuable to businessmen and if suitable compartments were made available for things like conferencing where some privacy is needed then a trip from Edinburgh to Frankfurt could get a lot of useful work out of the way. Sleepers will be very popular as well. Maybe even stick the car on the back of a high speed motor-rail for me holidays.
Bring it on.
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