On 25 Mar, 20:22, "Lüko Willms" wrote:

(snip)

* How about _two_ HSLs from London to "the North",

-- one leaving central London to the West, stopping at or near
Heathrow airport, and then speeding up North to Birmingham (maybe via
Oxford);

-- the other one leaving central London to the East, stopping at
Stratfort Int'l, then turning North with a station at Stanstead
airport, Cambridge, and then Leeds.

* The two lines would be linked together with a central station
underneath Euston Road between Euston Station and King's Cross... The
Eastern branch would have a direct link coming from Ebbsfleet Int'l to
the North.


Excellent. Not quite sure what happens to the evicted Circle/Met line,
water and gas mains and sewer that currently reside underneath Euston
Road. I'm pretty sure the British Library is fairly firmly installed
at their new-ish location too.