In message , at 09:21:53 on
Thu, 15 Jan 2009, Paul Scott remarked:
Given the tunnel from St Pancras to Stratford, and as far as the
surface at Dagenham, is speed limited, the latest proposals also
probably won't necessarily provide HSL speeds as far as Heathrow anyway?

I'd be very surprised if plans for a HSL from Heathrow to St Pancras
were in any way inhibited from describing a similarly speed restricted
tunnel as "High Speed".

It's all spin, anyway. Like the so-called High Speed line from Brussels
to Amsterdam, which will use the existing tracks (no faster than 15
minute transit time) from [a little before] Schiphol into the city
centre.
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Roland Perry