Lincslass
If it was running from top North of Scotland to the South coast, the maybe. From Brum to London to shave 20 minutes off a journey, no. There are many places that suffer from lack of decent transport links, my area for one. You have to travel two hour, numerous changes to get anywhere mainline. Let us fix what we have not pay for a white elephant, destroying peoples homes and ancient woodland. Still guess the bloated businessmen can do 20 mins more work on the way to London or home. ?
This is completely how I feel too. The squillions which it will eventually cost could be used to dramatically improve the existing network, especially the East-West routes which seem to be the worst for timetabling and rolling stock. The main factor though, for me, is the destruction of acres of ancient woodland, rural communities destroyed, all for a few minutes of a working day. Absolute nonsense. I always said that if I was elected, I would cancel all the H projects; HS2, Heathrow expansion and Hinckley Point.