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  1. @knud OpenRailwayMap shows #HS1 as being 300 km/h from a bit west of the Channel Tunnel freight yard to just east of Ebbsfleet, so if you have used that line you can probably tick the UK on your list! ✅😉

  2. I’m on the #HS1 part of rail network, and wow, it turns out we can build good stuff if we want.

    The Belgian train I was on yesterday was still nicer. One more train after this, then a 40km ride and I’ll be home finally.

  3. The last train journey for today: from #London 🇬🇧 St Pancras International down to #Dover Priory. A #SouthEastern, 225 kph Class 395 #Javelin unit takes us over #HS1 as far as #Ashford International where we board a Class 375 #Electrostar for the 3rd rail section into Dover.

  4. #Eurostar may cap services due to post-#Brexit biometric passport checks, says station owner

    Facilities at St Pancras too ‘inadequate’ to process new checks without ‘hour-long queues’ at peak times, says operator #HS1
    theguardian.com/business/2024/
    #ToryPoliciesInAction #BrexitBonus

  5. Southeastern runs on . Fun fact: the only proper and modern high speed line in the UK, the birthplace of railways, is the line you take when you want to get the **** out of the UK.

  6. #jubilee line extension cost £3.5billion (1999)

    #HS1 cost £6.8billion (2007)
    #crossrail cost £18.9billion (2022)

    #HS2 has so far cost £72 - 98 billion for phase 1 (not yet complete)

    #HS2 phase 2 is expected to cost £7.2Bill (! really?)

    I seem to remember it was #toriesOut MPs who caused much of HS2 phase 1 to be put in tunnels when it was not essential

  7. @stevetheboater There are plans, but no funding, for a link between Euston and St Pancras, which would enable this. We'll probably get it in 2050. #HS2 to #HS1