? Birmingham Airport to have HS2 link, not Heathrow

[grandsire]

Very interesting article from the Guardian a couple of days ago intimating that a Birmingham Airport link for HS2 makes much more sense than Heathrow.


http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/feb/07/heathrow-threat-high-speed-rail-birmingham

[Btline]

Heathrow should have a link, but as a spur line, not as part of the route to the West Mids.

[caliwag]

LOL...last year Doncaster, er international airport, was likewise mooted. Well, if there was space on the tracks, you could do, with a high speed spur which wouldn't cost much, airport to KX in under 90 mins. Of course lots of the commuter stuff would get in the way South of Peterboro' but makes you think. Doncaster does have a fantastic long runway, and there will be those that want to go to Hull and Grimsby...even Goole.

[eightf48544]

Wasn't the build up of Doncaster Airport once touted as an alternative to the third runway at Heathrow and 2nd runways at Gatwick and Stanstead?

What about Humberside Airport rail close by and Barnetby station has disabled access via the most massive ramped footbridge. It also has an immpressive array of semaphore signals as well. You can then have high speed trains on an old GC line as Watkin intended.