Re: HS2 - a proposed route

On 15 Jan, 10:01, "Brimstone" <brimstone520-n...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> "Brian Whitehead" <brianwhiteh...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> news:5bf7cf6e-a84a-46f4-bedd-b7fceb1604ed@21g2000hsj.googlegroups.com...
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> > Having read all the comments posted recently, I would like to propose
> > a new route for HS2:
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> > Bournemouth - Bath: via S&D
> > Bath - Oxford: new build
> > Oxford - Calvert: via Oxford-Cambridge route - might as well reopen
> > all the way to Cambridge as well
> > Calvert - Sheffield: Great Central
> > Sheffield - Manchester: Woodhead
> > Manchester - Carlisle: via Hellifield and S&C
> > Carlisle - Edinburgh: Waverley line
>
> > That's just my first effort - I'm sure someone else could come up with
> > a route which takes in more of our favourites - any takers?
>
> What would be the purpose of this new route?

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