tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27589444.post3265842068429428834..comments2023-08-22T16:18:38.393+01:00Comments on Rail Thing - Friends of the S&D: interesting ...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27589444.post-65982061247778819782013-02-10T11:43:59.204+00:002013-02-10T11:43:59.204+00:00This is dreadful. HS2 will never happen but it see...This is dreadful. HS2 will never happen but it seems it's already blighting the area. We won't need high speed trains in twenty years' time but we will need ordinary trains and trams to our towns and villages, most of which will be rebuilds of Beeching closures. Whilst I've no sympathy at all for anyone who has bought or built a house on a Beeching closure route it's terrible that vanity projects with no obvious future need that won't be able to access the energy to build, maintain and operate them should impact on any innocent person's life.<br />Steve Sainsburyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12024394243500109831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27589444.post-47696656957553520332013-02-10T08:38:15.140+00:002013-02-10T08:38:15.140+00:00My brother has just received notification of a com...My brother has just received notification of a compulsory purchase order for his house in Long Eaton (on the Notts/Derby border, just south of Toton) in order that HS2 can pass through where his house stands! The whole street of many houses must have been notified as it runs parallel to the existing railway.GCAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14514249890080149409noreply@blogger.com