<![CDATA[An idea that occurs to me every time I see discussions of HS2: might it perhaps be more environmentally-friendly and pragmatic to turn over our railways entirely to freight, moving countless lorries off the roads?]]>An idea that occurs to me every time I see discussions of HS2: might it perhaps be more environmentally-friendly and pragmatic to turn over our railways entirely to freight, moving countless lorries off the roads? Or is our rail network so sparse that you’d still need lots of lorries doing the “last mile” (or 50 miles) hops? Is there a good source to read on the relative costs/benefits of passenger vs freight rail?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/4dd6c920-019f-4161-89c7-be1e22ed9166/an-idea-that-occurs-to-me-every-time-i-see-discussions-of-hs2-might-it-perhaps-be-more-environmentally-friendly-and-pragmatic-to-turn-over-our-railways-entirely-to-freight-moving-countless-lorries-off-the-roadsRSS for NodeFri, 17 Apr 2026 12:21:44 GMTSun, 29 Mar 2026 15:29:06 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to An idea that occurs to me every time I see discussions of HS2: might it perhaps be more environmentally-friendly and pragmatic to turn over our railways entirely to freight, moving countless lorries off the roads? on Sun, 29 Mar 2026 16:57:58 GMT]]>@fanf do you think fixing that is more of a challenge than HS2?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/neilmadden/statuses/116313520757181160https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/neilmadden/statuses/116313520757181160Sun, 29 Mar 2026 16:57:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to An idea that occurs to me every time I see discussions of HS2: might it perhaps be more environmentally-friendly and pragmatic to turn over our railways entirely to freight, moving countless lorries off the roads? on Sun, 29 Mar 2026 16:24:52 GMT]]>@neilmadden they tore up all the rail freight yards and put buildings on them

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mendeddrum.org/users/fanf/statuses/116313390590324759https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mendeddrum.org/users/fanf/statuses/116313390590324759Sun, 29 Mar 2026 16:24:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to An idea that occurs to me every time I see discussions of HS2: might it perhaps be more environmentally-friendly and pragmatic to turn over our railways entirely to freight, moving countless lorries off the roads? on Sun, 29 Mar 2026 16:03:13 GMT]]>@neilmadden @jon might know or know someone who knows

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/samueljohnson/statuses/116313305456995799https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/samueljohnson/statuses/116313305456995799Sun, 29 Mar 2026 16:03:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to An idea that occurs to me every time I see discussions of HS2: might it perhaps be more environmentally-friendly and pragmatic to turn over our railways entirely to freight, moving countless lorries off the roads? on Sun, 29 Mar 2026 15:43:58 GMT]]>@neilmadden completely a hunch with no evidence to back it up, but I suspect turning it all over to passenger and getting all those single occupancy car miles down might be more environmentally beneficial.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toot.wales/users/Lukew/statuses/116313229802473143https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toot.wales/users/Lukew/statuses/116313229802473143Sun, 29 Mar 2026 15:43:58 GMT