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Ministers are planning on cutting HS2 services and train speeds in an attempt to drive down the cost of the heavily delayed project, it has been reported.
The government is said to be considering cutting the number of trains travelling each hour, drastically shaving the capacity of each train, and markedly reducing the trains’ maximum speeds. The new programme will also be renamed.
Carriages in the revised service will hold a maximum of 4 people, and will be independently powered. The likely terminology for such cut-down carriages will be 'cars'. Their top speeds will be slightly lower than the original HS2 design spec of 250mph and the current operating plan of 205mph. Cars are hoped to achieve as much as 70mph and to be much more resistant to leaf-related traction issues.
One part of the report confirmed that the replacement name for this remodelling of the entire HS2 programme is likely to be M40.
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The government has admitted that although the HS2 will terminate in Manchester centre, it won't terminate in London centre. 'We used a consultant who was on loan from RyanAir and he suggested we could save a lot of the budget by relocating the terminus to at least one destination outside of the named destination,' said a government spokesman today. 'They use it all the time, apparently. So Rome as a destination actually terminates in Umbria, and all the passengers have to do is to catch a local bus for the final 160km. It's very popular, allows RyanAir to charge reasonable fees and provides a little excitement into an otherwise dull travel experience.
'So the consultant suggested keeping the Manchester City terminus and locating the London stop at Salford, with a bus connection to Euston. Or catch one of the many trains already running from Manchester via Salford to London, which would actually be quicker. Saved about £38 billion on the journey, opening up an opportunity for Truss and Kwarting to come back and finish what they started,' he said.
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