Here’s the funniest part: people keep changing their minds about whether HS2 is even a good idea. Politicians argue. Local groups protest. The government keeps reviewing the project.
Every review takes another year. And each time, they decide to cut something. First, they cancelled the eastern leg to Leeds. Then they cancelled the northern leg to Manchester. Now it’s just London to Birmingham. It’s like ordering a giant pizza, eating one slice, and then arguing about who pays.
Trains That Want to Be Planes
Have you seen the new HS2 trains? They are beautiful. They look like white whales with glowing eyes. They can go 225 mph. But they’re too fast for the old tracks. So, they have to build entirely new tracks. That takes forever.
And get this: the trains need special brakes because they’re so heavy. The brake pads cost more than a small car. One train set has 1,300 sensors. It reports a “fault” if a passenger sneezes too loud. We’re building a space-age machine, but we can’t get a simple tunnel through a hill of chalk.
Government doesn't know how much HS2 will cost or when it will be
