Research and Reports

A rail network for everyone

Subtitled Probing HS2 and its alternatives, this report criticises the Government for not having an overarching transport strategy, and says the railway has a chaotic ownership and management structure which it fears will lead to squandered investment. It puts forward an investment programme that includes electrification and reopened lines as a cheaper way of providing more capacity. It calls for comprehensive upgrades of the West Coast, East Coast and Midland Main Lines at a cost of around £55 billion. It also recommends a passenger-led review of HS2, but says that critics are wrong to attack it from the principle of its being too expensive.