Señor Benso

'Parvus error in principio magnus est in fine'

[Señor Benso @belebenso]

If the 'current' costs of #HS2 were known at the time of Notice to Proceed (15 April 2020) its benefit cost ratio would be 'between 0.3 and 0.4' according to the Department for Transport

[John Marriott 🍃💚🍃🚲 @HS2theTruth]

@belebenso @JohnSensible An exaggeration by DfT. I'm not impressed by the Wild Reset. When it comes to buying trains he chooses to ask HS2 which has consistently got it wrong from the start. Like the 1 door fiasco & level boarding. 300km/h trains need high floors. Sub 250 is better for capacity.

[Señor Benso @belebenso]

@volatrader @giulio_mattioli The problem with this type of fake on-rail competition is the costs of facilitating it can be enormous, inevitably fall on state budgets, and vastly exceed the user benefits #hs2

[Señor Benso @belebenso]

@volatrader @giulio_mattioli The article gives the impression that there is a capacity problem in Germany of a type not found in France, etc. That is not the case, there is no way a bunch of open access operators could run on TGVPSE, the capacity is just not there. #hs2

[Señor Benso @belebenso]

Arup are also the driving force behind the deplorable 'HS2 phase 2a Lite' reboot and the #NorthernPowerhouseRail scam, both backed by #uklabour #hs2 https://t.co/Ihhrp90Lly

[Señor Benso @belebenso]

Clickbait video about the 'M40 route for #HS2' says it's the "proposition put forward by some opponents of HS2".

But it was actually 'put forward' by er, The Labour Party, and engineering consultancy Arup.

[Transport Action Network @TransportActio2]

The new Highways (Financing) Bill will lead to a new generation of tolled roads.

This privatisation of roads stands in stark contrast to the nationalisation of the railways.

[Transport Action Network @TransportActio2]

A final business case tells the public whether a project actually makes economic sense.

Starting construction without one is not ‘cutting red tape’, it is being reckless with public money.

Construction has started on the Lower Thames Crossing without one – just like with HS2!

[WhatNow @SonnerSounds]

@AlistairCarns "We want to encourage long term investment by ordinary people"
Also
"Shareholders are blood suckers with yachts"
Squirrel that one away

[John Marriott 🍃💚🍃🚲 @HS2theTruth]

@brownliberite Exactly. Doing that in Birmingham could have avoided the multiple £billions being wasted on building a new, much longer, 2 track route in to a new dead end station. That is not connected to the national rail network stations in the city. It's nuts.

[MCheshireAgainstHS2 @mcahs2]

I thought Labour had HS2 spending under control now?

#HS2 paid consultancies £65mn last year in run-up to project ‘reset’ https://t.co/5g8PVbO8VU via @ft

[Señor Benso @belebenso]

@Bkasparas Is creation of GBR intended to 'transfer responsibility' to Whitehall, or transfer it out of Whitehall (away from DfT Rail)?

[Señor Benso @belebenso]

@AlanJi73069669 @MichaelDnes1 What speed do HS1 trains run at under your house?

[Señor Benso @belebenso]

@Captain_Deltic Thameslink core was supposed to support 24 trains phpd. Was that ever achieved?

[Señor Benso @belebenso]

The effects of pressing the #HS2 reset button

https://t.co/GyWROOyUWo

[Penny Gaines @Penny_Gaines]

Can confirm, every review of #HS2 results in increased costs, reduced scope or delays to projects. Today's announcement has all three. #stopHS2

[Señor Benso @belebenso]

@ManchesterHunk @Alex_Stafford @TfL Boris must be as responsible as Sadiq for the state of London #boriswave

[Señor Benso @belebenso]

@RJ__Barnard @Alex_Stafford @ga_richardson @TfL Probably safer to ride the Kyiv metro in wartime than the London Underground in peacetime.

[Señor Benso @belebenso]

#NetworkRail and train operators said #hs2 was needed becuz of the 'looming West Coast Main Line capacity problem in the mid 2020s', but ended up with a very different *excess_capacity* problem. #HypeVersusReality #TalkinBollox #gbrail

[Señor Benso @belebenso]

@connor_naismith @BramellDerek You are kidding yourself about #hs2 increasing the number of local services or enabling more railfreight.

Building phase 2a of HS2 does not increase railfreight paths compared to the much cheaper Stafford Bypass. That is the way to go.

[Señor Benso @belebenso]

@connor_naismith Your claim is entirely unfounded. The 'problem' is excess capacity. The West Coast train service is being cut right now because of the excess capacity. #HS2 https://t.co/NhqLZNc8ZQ