After the cancellation of #HS2's remaining #Northern section, Andy Bagnall, from Rail Partners (the train operators) told the FT 

“if we get reform right, the railway can still be an engine for green growth in Britain... If we don’t, a generation will be put off from using rail to travel & move goods, leading to another era of managed decline'! 

Despite special pleading from #railway operators, without a central role for #publictransport its hard to see how to get #netzero!

#headinmyhands 

 @43d7c4ea other public transportation initiatives have either been canned or effectively canned. CrossRail 2, Tranlink expansion all but cancelled, others reduced 

‘2,160 bus routes cut in England leaving communities isolated, campaigners say” https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-66442599