Gibb plan provides a way forward for cancelled HS2

Chris Gibb’s proposal for an alternative to High Speed 2 north of Birmingham demonstrates the limits of rail planning under the current structures.

He’s acted on his own initiative, instructed by no one, in a situation where the railway’s major players have no remit.

It’s not Network Rail’s job to propose answers to fix the problem that government created last autumn by cancelling the northern half of High Speed 2.