High-speed to Leeds

With the furore generated by the Integrated Rail Plan, an important conclusion has not been highlighted.

Once the combined north/south

and east/west high-speed rail network is developed, as illustrated in the IRP, the temptation could be to route all London to Leeds (and beyond) high-speed trains via Manchester.

The Manchester to Leeds section could effectively become “the” preferred route for all north/south high-speed trains, inevitably at a cost to the local services using it.

Christopher Holt, Loughton