u/johnjax90

I've recently been obsessed with trains and British rail history, and I did a bunch of reading on the HS2 debacle. It saddens me to see how such a high-potential project was bungled, and from the looks of it, the stub to Birmingham will actually make things worse for Manchester by reducing the capacity on the line to less than the current 4 trains per hour.

Is there a way to salvage the project and achieve the goals it originally intended to? Is there a way I can feel a bit better about it?