This petition was submitted during the 2010-2015 parliament
Rejected petition Increase Rail Capacity before wasting money on HS2
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The planned HS2 project is inappropriate for a country of this size. At best, it will reduce the journey time from Manchester to London by 20 minutes; this improvement is irrelevant to the vast majority of travellers, and comes at an absolutely enormous cost.
Rail capacity can be increased by extending trains (and platforms) and using double-decker trains, which may require substantial modifications to their routes in terms of overhead clearance. These modifications are costly, but small in comparison to the currently-planned HS2 project.
The planned HS2 project is not appropriate for Britain, and greater improvement in rail infrastructure could be obtained at much lower cost.
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