Simon Calder has slammed “another failure” blighting Britain’s trains today as the eyewatering cost of HS2 was revealed.
The travel journalist said disruption, caused by a signalling problem which subsequently affected the rail network across the UK, “could not have come at a worse time” for the Transport Secretary, Heidi Alexander.
“This is yet another failure of the GSMR, our communications network,” Mr Calder told GB News.
“This is a sophisticated link between signalers and train drivers, and it's absolutely not the first time that it has gone down.”
He explained that the disruption came at a particularly embarrassing moment for the Government, as the Transport Secretary issued an update on the long-stalled high-speed railway project.
Addressing MPs in the House of Commons, Ms Alexander revealed that the cost of the HS2 project could rise to £102.7billion and may not open until 2039.
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