It will definitely mar the high-speed rail passenger experience if, having saved an hour on a journey from Leeds to London, you then find you have to wait half an hour at Euston before being let on to the Victoria line because London Underground cannot cope with the extra arrivals (Report, July 30). Yet this is what Transport for London's initial figures show will be the case if a new tube line is not built to relieve Euston, once the proposed high-speed service goes beyond Birmingham. Instead of resorting to manufactured outrage, the proponents of HS2 should address TfL's calculations with evidence of their own. They should also admit that when Boris Johnson says this, he is not seeking to undermine high-speed rail (the principle of which he supports): he is trying to make it work.
Daniel Moylan
Deputy chairman, Transport for London
Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/jul/31/down-the-tubes-rail
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