Simon Cross

[Simon Cross @sicross2000]

@HSRailGroup Your poll and analysis is nonsense. #HS2 is a highly destructive waste of money that would do nothing for the vast majority of people who live and work in Yorkshire.

[TaxPayers' Alliance @the_tpa]

Retweet if you agree the Government should scrap HS2

[Simon Cross @sicross2000]

@jackwallerGTFC @frances_cutler @EmBeck2015 @penny__traitor @HS2ltd And generally attract significantly more long distance and European air travellers via the creation of additional external flights. This transport plan is a catalyst for increased pollution in Manchester, throughout the north, and beyond. #HS2 #Greenwashing

[Sandra haith @sandra_haith]

Common sense at last.

[Carolyn Cooper @Carolyn78137150]

@Outoftweet123 @yorkshirepost As a Leeds resident I've almost never met anybody round here who wanted H S 2. We are delighted this leg is cancelled

[Simon Cross @sicross2000]

@Outoftweet123 @yorkshirepost West Yorkshire Mayor Tracy Brabin also still has blind faith in #HS2, a faster train from Leeds to the south that few in West Yorkshire support. Sadly, her response to the further development of a West Yorkshire Metro has been lukewarm at best.

[Simon Cross @sicross2000]

@TanDhesi Nothing more should be spent on establishing if West Yorkshire needs HS2 from Leeds to Sheffield. Disappointed at Tracy Brabin's lukewarm response to the concept of a West Yorkshire Metro. The WY Mayor and @UKLabour should lobby to spend the full sum on the West Yorkshire Metro.

[Dr John Sensible🍃💚🍃 @JohnSensible]

#bbcpnw "Northern Leaders" duped into supporting #HS2 that took resources away from local transport. They should have been lobbying for regional solutions, trains, trams & buses that would benefit ordinary people instead of a London-centric white elephant sucking activity South.

[Simon Cross @sicross2000]

@JenWilliamsMEN Have you read the #HS2 PFM reports? The additional services that HS2 assume their scheme would create on the classic network at Manchester Picc is just 2 tph at the expense of cuts to station stops. Nationally, 130 stations are assumed to suffer rail cuts when HS2 is operational.

[mop denson @mopdenson]

@AndrewMarr9 I feel Labour ought to be reminded of their promises too 👇
Labour puts £50bn cap on #HS2 scheme (2013) https://t.co/1tf50ggJjs

[Simon Cross @sicross2000]

@mcahs2 Melodramatic outpourings yet the sad reality is that families, friends, communities and environments have been displaced by #HS2 and this will continue wherever this wretched, corrupt, deeply unpopular scheme is built.

[Sandra haith @sandra_haith]

@stophs2bramley @grantshapps @BBCBreakfast @TVNaga01 @Alex_Stafford If I had a pound for every time I'd screamed at the telly this week I'd be rich. The mis-information AND dis-information being put out by people who don't even understand the failings of the now abandoned #hs2 eastern leg are unbelievable. No benefits = no good. It's simple.

[Simon Cross @sicross2000]

@yorkshirepost Get a grip. #HS2 is deeply unpopular in Yorkshire and throughout the country. Spare a thought for the families, friends, communites and environments this highly destructive scheme has already torn apart.

[Dr John Sensible🍃💚🍃 @JohnSensible]

#HS2 #StopHS2

[Michael Byng @mbpcworldwide]

@RAIL @Rail I understand your anger but HMG knew the cost & programme delivery issues in 2015 and 2019 but did NOT share them with Parliament, Oakervee or the public. The decisions yesterday were inevitable. Had you allowed me the right to reply, you wouldn't face embarrassment

[Simon Cross @sicross2000]

@LBC The #HS2 PFM reports v7.1 & 9 assumed that when HS2 became operational, existing rail services would have been reduced at 130 stations from Inverness-Southampton adversely affecting direct/onward connectivity. From Leeds, HS2 went only to Ldn, Bham & Toton, but created ECML cuts.

[Simon Cross @sicross2000]

@PippaCrerar @frances_cutler The #HS2 PFM reports v7.1 & 9 assume that when HS2 became operational, existing rail services would have been reduced at 130 stations from Inverness-Southampton, adversely affecting direct/onward connectivity. From Leeds, HS2 went only to Ldn, Bham & Toton, but created ECML cuts.

[Harry Horton @harry_horton]

Full 162 page integrated rail plan here: https://t.co/mRRyOTdifR

[Simon Cross @sicross2000]

@quantinghome @belebenso @JayMitchinson Therefore, drop the high speed plans, retain IC services on existing long distance routes, prioritise the creation of low environmental impact multi-stop routes from villages>towns>cities to get commuters in West Yorkshire out of their cars and onto clean, green public transport.