Faster trains for UK

I'm cautiously optimistic about thisas faster trains will help disable the 'case' for short haul flights. However, there are trade-offs.

there are concerns about the increase in energy required to power super-high speeds.
Critics also say Britain is too small to warrant spending large extra sums on speeding up journeys and say money would be better spent on increasing capacity on Britain's trains, not speed. 'If you speed up movement people will take advantage of that to travel further,' said David Metz, visiting professor at University College London and a former chief scientist at the Department for Transport.