HS2: white elephant or vital addition to Britain’s rail network? | Letters

Readers respond to Simon Jenkins’ article in which he called for the project to be scrappedSimon Jenkins’ argument is shortsighted and ignores the fundamental reason that HS2 was designed in the first place – the west coast mainline is full and the UK is rattling towards its worst transport bottleneck (HS2 is the wildest white elephant in British history. Please put it out of its misery, 21 May). Cost and schedule overruns invite legitimate scrutiny and reflect failures that must be addressed. B...