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Chris Howe (aka Rail Focus) ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ
@EngFocus
Freelance transport & engineering journalist and railway campaigner. Youtube.com/@Rail_Focus [email protected]
North West, UK
engineeringfocus.co.uk
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    Chris Howe (aka Rail Focus) ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ
    @EngFocus
    Nov 1, 2024
    I swear some people think the UK and specially London should be preserved as some sort of living museum.
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    Chris Howe (aka Rail Focus) ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ
    @EngFocus
    Jan 13, 2024
    People seemingly only now realising the cost that has been imposed by a small but vocal group of people who made it their mission to make the construction of HS2 as difficult as possible. Not to mention the cost of legal battles and additional security to keep workers safe.
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    Tom Harwood
    @tomhfh
    Jan 12, 2024
    Tell me this isn't the most frustrating thing you've ever seen. We're burying most of this train line for literally no reason at all. Ballooning costs, just so people don't have to look at a train in a flat field.
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    Chris Howe (aka Rail Focus) ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ
    @EngFocus
    Oct 8, 2024
    No Sh** Sherlock. Building HS2 will pay for itself, the more we build the better the return. #HS2
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    Chris Howe (aka Rail Focus) ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ
    @EngFocus
    Sep 11, 2024
    'Just bury cables at sea', noone would possibly oppose that....... 'Chaos' feared in planned Morocco power cable link
    A man and a woman by the coast. There are rolling fields in the background and in the distance the sea and the North Devon coastline.
    'Chaos' feared over planned Morocco to Devon power cable link
    From bbc.co.uk
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    Chris Howe (aka Rail Focus) ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ
    @EngFocus
    Aug 7, 2023
    Comments on yesterday's video "it's not too late to cancel HS2" we can just leave half built structures all over the place ๐Ÿคฆ๐Ÿ™„
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    Chris Howe (aka Rail Focus) ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ
    @EngFocus
    Jun 20, 2023
    Ah yes the "emergency vehicle" argument. ๐Ÿคท
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    The New Statesman
    @NewStatesman
    Jun 19, 2023
    Replying to @NewStatesman
    If cars and trucks are banished from the pedestrian village, how are medics in ambulances to get to victims of heart attacks? How are the infirm elderly to be taken by relatives and friends to medical appointments?
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    Chris Howe (aka Rail Focus) ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ
    @EngFocus
    Jul 23, 2024
    I'll say one thing, I've never seen so much support for building HS2! It's almost like the penny has finally dropped. Now only if Labour would realise how vital Phase 2a is!
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    Chris Howe (aka Rail Focus) ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ
    @EngFocus
    Nov 21, 2024
    ยฃ32,000,000 for a 2 platform station? ๐Ÿ‘€
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    RAIL Magazine
    @RAIL
    Nov 21, 2024
    Planning application submitted for new ยฃ32 million Golborne rail station railmagazine.com/news/2024/11/2โ€ฆ
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    Chris Howe (aka Rail Focus) ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ
    @EngFocus
    Oct 30, 2023
    I do find #EWR opposition a little bit funny, after all the years people saying re-open existing lines, upgrade existing lines or they only oppose #HS2 because of the speed. Turns out people in the UK just hate new infrastructure.
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    Chris Howe (aka Rail Focus) ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ
    @EngFocus
    Apr 11, 2024
    The gap on platform 4 at Chester is ridiculous. I knew it was bad, but never seemed that bad when boarding a Voyager.
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    Chris Howe (aka Rail Focus) ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ
    @EngFocus
    Oct 11, 2024
    It truly is appalling that a man with so little understanding of how railways work was allowed to have such a big impact on shaping railways in the North. If a railway expert is a "groupie" what does it make a man who made it his life's work to see #HS2 cancelled.
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    Andrew Gilligan
    @mragilligan
    Oct 11, 2024
    Belatedly seen HS2 groupies' absurd denials of my statement that you could run 400m trains to Manchester even without Phase 2 (sorry I don't look at Twitter much.) You only need longer platforms - part of a new station - money for which was included in the Network North plan.
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    Chris Howe (aka Rail Focus) ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ
    @EngFocus
    Sep 18, 2024
    Misrepresenting what was said then limiting replies. What a strawman weasel.
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    Andrew Gilligan
    @mragilligan
    Sep 13, 2024
    Even HS2 supporters are less than convinced by today's report.
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    Chris Howe (aka Rail Focus) ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ
    @EngFocus
    Dec 19, 2024
    Although Sunak "Paused" work on Euston in 2023 it seems #HS2 has been doing everything within the "safe stop" remit to build as much as possible. I'm hoping they've done enough to 'lock in' the grade separated approach.
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    Chris Howe (aka Rail Focus) ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ
    @EngFocus
    Sep 13, 2024
    "a steering group" are they having a laugh? We can't afford to talk about an alternative for another 5 years. There's a viable route available now, which we need to start building now. I will wait to read the report, but this isn't looking good. #HS2
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    RAIL Magazine
    @RAIL
    Sep 13, 2024
    "Doing nothing is not an option" New report claims new privately funded West Mids-Manchester rail link is possible Read More ๐Ÿ‘‡ railmagazine.com/news/2024/09/1โ€ฆ
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