Talk:High Speed 1

Vandalism

I've just reverted the page back to its previous edit because of vandalism, reading some of the changes comments it seems that this page is being vandalised for whatever reason. Might be a good ida to keep an eye out for such "hilarious" changes as making the title of the railway "low speed one". Captain Crush (talk) 11:21, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Diagram

Can someone put on the diagram that the line passes over the Victoria and Medway Valley lines?--Screen42 (talk) 23:42, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Metric v. Imperial measurements

An Imperial measurements advocate has converted all the metric distance and speed measurements to miles and yards etc (albeit retaining the metric conversion in brackets). I propose changing these back, on the grounds that Imperial measurements have not been taught in British schools for decades and that in any case this rail link is an extension of a foreign network (hence the rounded metric units). Rollo 19:18, 25 September 2005 (UTC)

er ... no. This is a *british* railway link, it is *not* an "extension of a foreign network", and what is taught in our schools is irrelevant to WP readers. In general, all articles should contain imperial *and* metric alternatives. --Vamp:Willow 20:38, 25 September 2005 (UTC)

I agree with Rollo, particularly as the CTRL website itself [1] uses metric units almost exclusively, with miles in brackets for just a few distance measurements. Try asking a tunnelling engineer how many "long tons" his TBM weighs! I also note the unhelpful way in which User:80.255 described his significant changes with an edit summary of "mi -> mile" and marked his edit as minor. However, at least he retained the metric units, so the article is usable in its present form. --Heron 20:52, 25 September 2005 (UTC)

I agree with VampWillow, and think that the imperial units should be retained, as many people are more familiar with these.--John 11:38, 26 September 2005 (UTC)

The UK has been metric for along time, and the CTRL has been built entirely to metric specifications (eg. 1435mm gauge, rather than 4ft 8½ in). I'm happy for the imperial conversion to be shown in (brackets), but the imperial is an approximation of the true and therefore should not be the primary figure stated. Sladen 23:21, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

As one of the people responsible for the introduction of Imperial units into this article I feel I should defend them! As has already been pointed out, this is an article about a British railway, and to be consistent with other British railway articles (and British articles in general!) it should have Imperial units. Railways in this country have mileposts with 440 yd fractions on them; bridges and tunnels are located in miles and chains and so on. Keep Imperial units. Owain 12:25, 26 September 2005 (UTC)

The CTRL is marked with kilometre-posts, and the signalling system operates solely in kilometres per hour. It is a British railway, but it is a British railway which operates exclusively metrically. Hence I vote metric. (And it's probably more correct to say it's an extension of the European network, and the EU operates in metric). Willkm 21:56, 7 January 2006 (UTC)

If ones looks out of a train on a classic British railway it is likely that you will spot the diamond-shaped black and white signs, showing metric speed-limits, for example, showing 41. Sladen 23:21, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

So that's 3 for Imperial, 2 for metric. So far, I am outvoted. I take Owain's point about the possible specificity of British railways, although the article makes clear that in engineering terms the CTRL is indeed an extension of a foreign network. And it is not true that what is taught in our schools (in this case since the 1970s) is "irrelevant". I am British, and I don't talk in yards and inches, let alone in "long tons", whatever they are. Rollo 18:38, 26 September 2005 (UTC)

well, i personally switch from metric to imperial without thought. i live in the UK and i will say something like he is 5 ft 11. or how far is a certain town i will usually use miles. especially with long distance i will say miles, remember the UK uses miles on its roads (and long may it do so). however if someone says how high is my house, i may say about 12-13 metres. or just as common 40 ft. i think we should have both measurements. as for school, we r still taught what imperial units r but for simplicity in science etc we use metric. Pratj 23:56, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

well, if we r voting i prefer imperial, i can picture that in my head better than in metric. ie if someone says 200kmh i subconsciously translate it into mph anyway. i think as this is english speaking wikipedia we should use imperial as afterall, i thinjk more ppl in the english speaking world use imperial.Pratj 15:18, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

I wasn't aware we was having a vote. surely someone has a wikipedia policy on this matter (appeal to higher powers here somewhere). IMHO while yes is is a British railway which is dominated in chines (IIRC - ie imperial, and thus metric in brackets), the CTRL is metric. Now the real toughie is should the article be in metric or imperial, I'm *weakly* going for metric (with imperial in brackets) because it was built in metric and I'm young (ish - ie tough in metric), although at the end of the day its not the end of the world FFS!!!! Pickle 06:55, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

if the sources of this information use metric then that is what should be used as the form of measurement in the article. it can then be converted to imperial in brackets. actually im surprised people care that much as long as both are shown. it doesnt really matter does it? Mad onion 10:38, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

YOu'ld be suprised - some people think its a vast european conspiracy to defraud them, others its just common snese - take it all witha pinch of salt - LOL Pickle 16:47, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

This is beyond ridiculous. Engineers in this country have used metric exclusively for decades, the units were obviously originally in metric and the UK is a metric country by law. Not only that the use of 'long tons' is absurd, I don't think anyone under the age of 30 would understand what one was. If we really have to have imperial, then put it brackets, though I'd strongly be in favour of metric only. So I will revert to my metric only version.

I argee. British Engineers use metric, it's built metric standard, just use metric. Tancred 16:57, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

FFS everyone, is there not some policy somewhere that we should be citing and following ??? Otherwise we'll being going round in circles - request for arbitration???

Pickle 14:45, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

If the railway was designed in metric, list metric first; however the job of an encylopedia is to provide information in a way it can be understood by all. It would be foolish not to put the imperial mesurements in in brackets, as many people particularly in the UK still think in imperial - and as for claims that the UK is a "metric country by law" are conviniently forgetting that our speed limits and road signs are all given in miles. Captain Crush (talk) 11:14, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Minor Bits

Needs a grammar check, quite a few mistakes. Also, why has the Eurostar terminus been changed to St. Pancras? Why not just build the high-speed line to Waterloo? Not clear from this article. Badgerpatrol 01:51, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

IIRC

a) Thames gateway (ie Stratford and ebbsfleet) needed redevelopment, south London doesn't,

b) st pancras is the prettiest station in London (can think of the source but thats what everyone says, it does look good)

c) could be because waterloo is perceived as isolated (while king cross / st pancrass isn't), waterloo is already suffering from massive overcrowding or even waterloo is un PC to the French Pickle 01:21, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

The caption below the photo of the model of KX/St.P is slightly wrong. Eurostar trains will use the centre platforms running the entire length of both the old arched-roof section and the flat-roofed new extension to the north. 'Normal' BR trains will then normally use the 'side' platforms in the new extension. ChrisRed 12:52, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

loading-gauge

It would be interesting to know whether the channel tunnel and CTRL will allow continental loading-gauge trains to reach London. If they could, one could scrap the nasty, poky EuroStar stock.

• The Tunnel has a huge loading gauge for the shuttle (ie the arctic lorries on flatbeds), i don't know about the CTRL though - one assumes at least W10. However the stock using the CTRL also needs to go other places eg the depot at North Pole (accessed via North London and West London Lines) and use the diversion routes such as the Chatham main line which are only W8 or W9 (and all British gauges have different platform to mainland Europe despite being standard gauge .....) Pickle 19:50, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

I was told by someone who was connected to with the CTRL that the Eurostars don't run at full spedd in the UK, when using the track. This was because the track was angled in order to take freight wagons on it. If the Eurostar's were to go full speed the angle would need to be greater than it is now (on corners etc). This would be fine for the Eurostars, but freight wagons would have the load tipping all over the place and could cause spillage etc. In saying this the CTRL has never seen frieght use. Whether it will is unclear. The Singlewell freight loops are also being re-modelled. Does anyone know what for?--Screen42 13:47, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Reading about the CTRL yes there have been many freight loops put in (singlewell being one), but I've no idea what the work that they have been doing there for some time is for. the CTRL (as i understand it) is designed as a high speed passenger railway with he ability to take light freight. It is explicitly not meant to take heavy freight - the Ashford to Swanley Junction branch off the Chatham Main Line and Redhill to Ashford lines were upgraded to W9 clearance specifically for CTRL freight. Pickle 18:15, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Here's a mention from Hansard some years ago about how the CTRL should conform to the UIC "C" loading gauge: [2] (scroll to bottom of page). There's also a mention of the CTRL having a "European loading gauge" here: [3].

From memory: loading gauge C up to the beginning of the long London tunnels, then B or B+ right into the terminus. Maybe platform geometry adaptation might be needed. But have a look why the Eurostar calling points are operated like airports and contrast this with proper railway stations and you might stumble across more significant obstacles than loading gauge.Klaus with K 15:46, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

If i understand it correctly the eurostars can only use certain platforms at Ashford and ebbsfleet due to their loading gauge (something to do with height from platform). CTRL-DS stock will run the same lines but use normal platforms (again re height) - if i understand the difference in UIC (ie european) and GB loading gauges correctly, a) GB tunnels (and other infrastructure above the train) is very curved (cutting the corners offs) and b) GB platforms stick out a long way, so we may use standard gauge between the rails but the width at the bottom of a european rail vehicle would hit GB platforms as they stick out) - hope that helps Pickle 20:03, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

Opening dates

Isn't the December date for the power switch on? I am pretty sure this is the case, then testing can commence.

New name

I suggest that the article be renamed High Speed 1, as LCR have just given the project that very name with (apparently) exactly 1 year to go before completion. Edvid 11:11, 14th November 2006 (UTC)

Disagree...move it back. What LCR calls it isn't necessarily 'the right thing'. It's called CTRL in all relevant legislation as well. --jrleighton 07:55, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

Comment Wikipedia seems to prefer calling railway things what companies call them. For example, we have 'one' rather than London Eastern Railway Ltd.

Agree...move back to CTRL. "High Speed 1" has so far been used in one press release by LCR. A quick look out of the train window at the control signs on entering/leaving the CTRL will quickly remind one that the railway is the CTRL, through and through. Perhaps if the use of "HS1" becomes great than "CTRL" this article might be suitable for a rebrand, but until that point I feel that the name should describe the product, rather than any particular company "brandname" for the railway. Sladen 23:26, 19 November 2006 (UTC) So that's a 'disagree' with moving it to HS1, isn't it? -- Solipsist 15:48, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

Actually, Wikipedia's naming policy is to have articles at their most common name. In this case that sounds like it is still 'CTRL'. The article can be moved to 'HS1' as and when that becomes the more common term. -- Solipsist 15:48, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

I would agree with that - when it's open, according to LCR, HS1 will be the most common name (other than to Eurostar drivers, perhaps) being known as this on maps, road signs etc. It can be moved then. Willkm 17:11, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

"This may contain forward-looking statements."  :-) Shall we instead see what happens in the future? LCR have been known to put out press-releases to "test the water". Previously LCR announced that St. Pancras would be named London International or given a completely new name; but it looks like that particular rebranding is unlikely to happen... Sladen 18:26, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

WP Trail

While its a good summary that replaces the old table well, there is a lot more scope with the features of this template. (A job for the future!) Pickle 19:38, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

see WP:TRAIL Pickle 20:23, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

One point though with the diagram - the CTRL between the tunnel and Ashford is a different line (25kV High Speed Line) to the Kent Main Line (3rd rail electrified). --Stewart 23:05, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

I big overhaul of the table on this page is on the cards from me as it is quite inaccurate at the moment (but a good start) Pickle 23:13, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

GA Article

Good Article Nomination Good evening (GMT time); I have reviewed this article on 01:54, Saturday August 24 2024 (UTC) in accordance with the Good Article (GA) criteria. There are seven main criteria that the article must comply with to pass: Well-written: Pass Factually accurate: Pass Broad: Pass Neutrally written: Pass Stable: Pass Well-referenced: Pass Images: Pass I have concluded that, in my opinion, the article has passed all categories and I therefore award it GA status. Congratulations to the lead editors, and keep up the excellent work! Kindest regards, anthonycfc [talk] 18:31, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

Low Importance?

Surely one of the biggest civil engineering projects that Kent and maybe the UK has seen for years ranks as high importance? It slices Kent in half, its a key attribute for the Olympic games in 2012 and is a major transport link for Europe deserves to be of high importance. Comments please.--Screen42 16:05, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

Fair cop guv, i've been mass tagging a lot of "low" articles and in prespective it is more important. however i haven't put high, as some really simple stuff (eg Kent and most of the major towns) have yet to be sufficiently tackled Pickle 18:51, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

OK thanks. What ranks as high? Just curious.--Screen42 19:15, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

We for WikiProject Kent we've put Kent and the big towns/city's as high, but its a new WikiProject only recently started. WikiProject trains is huge on the other hand and has a criteria - see Wikipedia:WikiProject Trains/Assessment - where details are given. IMHO the CTRL article isn't "vital to understanding the history or technology of rail transport". But I'm all for debate so if you think it is we can change it to high... Pickle 19:31, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

The train one sounds interesting ! Tell me more plz--Screen42 21:52, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

Have a look at it - Wikipedia:WikiProject Trains/Assessment#Importance assessment and Wikipedia:WikiProject Trains/Assessment#Importance scale - i think that does a better job than anyhting i can say. Pickle 22:33, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

Singlewell freight Loops

Maybe the diagram should have these on?Screen42 14:44, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

I was going to add these, but I can't find the detailed Quail track diagram with all the details on, I don't know what a good way to represent them is. Maybe a small/freight station symbol and just a comment rather than showing three lines of track. Sladen 18:05, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

They are building something else there as well. Two new buildings have appeared. Someone told me that they form some sort of base for the Eurostar operations.--Screen42 19:06, 27 March 2007 (UTC)--Screen42 19:06, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

The construction of these buildings are complete and the sign nearby says its a CTRL maintenance depot.--Screen42 22:52, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

It is the Singlewell Infrastructure Maintenance Depot, see this page at Kentrail.co.uk Pickle 18:34, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

New trains?

Since the CTRL (when it opens) will be of at least TGV loading gauge along its whole length, are there any plans to run TGV-size trains along it, rather than the current Eurostars (which, having to fit within the minuscule Victorian loading gauge of standard UK lines, are minuscule)? Or are the Eurostars going to to remain?— Preceding unsigned comment added by 138.251.192.96 (talk • contribs)

I haven’t heard of any immediate plans to replace Eurostar’s stock. They don’t seem to have any capacity problems, since they’ve been able to hand over some of the trains to SNCF (and, in the past, GNER), and a new Channel Tunnel train would still need to be purpose-built, since regular TGVs don’t meet its special safety requirements. The fact that they’re apparently willing to remove the third-rail shoes once the changeover is made does suggest, however, that continued interoperability with Britain’s traditional network is not a high priority for them. David Arthur 14:27, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

As above. The surplus "north of London" (NOL) eurostars (which GNER hired for a short period) have been offloaded to SNCF. The trainsets are young and at 18 cars long (IIRC) capacity appears not to be a problem yet. I'm not sure if length can be increased, widening the the carriages (from UK gauge to UIC GB+) wouldn't (i image) achieve much, as to upwards, double decker trains exist on the TGV network but over here ... je ne sais pas. While i understand the third rail shoes are to be removed (and have been pulled from the NOL sets on sale), the need to keep the trainsets within UK gauge for the event of diversions (ie the booked CTRL freight roots - so Maidstone east line, SEML, Redhill, etc). While there are freight loops for fast freight I've herd of no use of the lines UIC GB+ gauge - well where could the trains go ???. Pickle 18:56, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

The NoL sets are 14 coaches these are the ones leased to SNCF. The NoL sets I've seen working North-of-Paris have lost their logos, but [so far] still have (had) shoegear; whereas the 18-coach 32xx Eurostars already previously assigned solely to SNCF domestic duties have had their shoegear removed, logos removed and new "white" TGV paint-jobs added. I suspect the larger CTRL loading gauge will only get used by future (as yet unbuilt) international trains. Sladen 08:40, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

What about the new trains built by Hitachi for high speed domestic services? Are they larger than the standard UK loading gauge? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 138.251.192.96 (talk) 16:22, August 23, 2007 (UTC)

No, the British Rail Class 395 will operate on North Kent Line, Chatham Main Line, South Eastern Main Line, Kent Coast Line and Ashford to Ramsgate (via Canterbury West) line - all W6 (a tiny bit of W8) (see NR Business Plan 2007, for Kent, figure 8). W6 being the "standard" small UK gauge. Pickle 19:56, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

Status

It's surely built now. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.189.136.128 (talk) 17:28, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

Speed run was yesterday (4/9/2007), but its still not technically open, its been finsihed for a few months now. IIRC it (CTRL stage 2) opens sometime early November. Pickle 02:27, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

There's a press release from Carillion (?) dated 26th July 2007 [4] when the builders' consortium handed the track over to Union Railways for their commissioning work. The well-publicised 14th November date is for start of scheduled services. Bob aka Linuxlad 07:42, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

High Speed 1

Shouldn't this article now be renamed 'high Speed 1'? Chump Manbear 22:20, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

This came up before. The 'CTRL' is a railway line. 'HS1' is a brand name used by one company when marketing their services on that railway line. —Sladen 08:20, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

I understand your argument, but the term CTRL is no longer being used by the owners of the route, the train operators or the government, so I would say this is more of a 'permanent' name change than a re-branding exercise.Chump Manbear 12:11, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

The renaming seems sensible to me. While the legislation that created the line calls it the Channel Tunnel Rail Link, that is clearly a descriptive name; since everyone, including its owners and the train operators, is calling it High Speed One — to the extent that the proposed London–Birmingham line is assumed to by High Speed Two — I think it would be very difficult to argue that that is not its actual name. David Arthur 19:42, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

Yes, it is formally HS1 now, please change the name. AnTiChRiSt 23:10, 13 November 2007 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.183.136.194 (talk)

So looking at Google News just now (eg. only really recent stuff). Channel Tunnel Rail Link gets 133, and high-speed-one gets 20] results. —Sladen 09:44, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

If loking at high Speed 1 the other way on the google news site High Speed 1 218. Could an article be created on both, or would that have too much duplication? Simply south 15:46, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

which exactly proves the mainstream media know almost nothing about railways...Chump Manbear 21:22, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

I think Channel Tunnel Rail Link is a more descriptive, less ambiguous name. Belgium uses a similar naming convention for their rail lines. The use of High Speed 1 as the name has a hint of bias, too, as it suggests that a second high speed line in Britain is likely or desirable. I think keeping the current title is more appropriate for a wikipedia article for those two reasons. (In the interest of full disclosure, I'm an American who would very much like to see more rail and high speed rail infrastructure both in my own city, and elsewhere, including in Britain.) -- Alcuin (talk) 21:26, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

I understand that you prefer the CTRL name, so do I. Nevertheless, the line is now officially called High Speed 1 and this article should reflect that.Chump Manbear (talk) 12:51, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

This article should be renamed High Speed 1, as that is its subject. The Channel Tunnel Rail Link was a project, now completed. If in the future the name changes once more, that's no problem, we'll change it here. The redirections will still work.Rollo (talk) 15:57, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

I have changed the name of the article to 'High Speed One'. CTRL now redirects to this.Chump Manbear (talk) 10:13, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

What's the more appropriate title, High Speed One', or 'High Speed 1'? Alcuin (talk) 17:26, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

If there's any more dispute about what this article is going to be called, we might just have to revert the change and stick with the only name that we know to be legally correct... :-P —Sladen (talk) 20:51, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

In an encyclopedia a name is important. The exact new name of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link is High Speed 1. From highspeed1.com: "On 14th November 2006, the CTRL was renamed High Speed 1 (HS1)." The bad news is that 'High Speed 1' already existed as a redirect page and I fluffed an attempt to reappropriate it (not having read the instructions). We will now have to get an administrator to do it, I think. Or perhaps one of you guys could try. Rollo (talk) 22:43, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

Listed at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requested_moves#Uncontroversial_proposals Rollo (talk) 22:58, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

Gosh that was quick. Done. Our article has the right name. Rollo (talk) 00:34, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

They're both silly names. Why is it Rail-Link instead of railway. What's wrong with Continental Main Line? I though CTRL was bad but HS1 is worse. Tony May (talk) 19:31, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Notes

Department for Transport Annual Report 2007 "Channel Tunnel Rail Link (CTRL, but also known as High Speed One);". —Sladen (talk) 17:16, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

"Channel Tunnel Rail Link"→"High Speed 1" search and replace

As picked up by User:DavidArthur in the edit history it appears that an enthusiastic search of replace of most mentions of "Channel Tunnel Rail Link" by "High Speed 1" throughout Wikipedia has introduced a number of factual inaccuracies. These need to be reviewed and double-checked, it appears the most of the suspect changes can be found by checking ~2007-11-24 on Special:Contributions/Alcuin. —Sladen (talk) 21:11, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

As pointed out by Sladen, the vast majority of changes can be found in my contributions or the 'what links here' page. I think the bigger issue here is whether it's appropriate to refer to this rail line as HS1 or as CTRL in articles that reference its construction. What are everyone's thoughts? Alcuin (talk) 21:28, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

My view is that, in order to keep things representative and properly historical, we should use High Speed 1 for the line as built, and Channel Tunnel Rail Link when describing anything that happened before the renaming. David Arthur (talk) 21:44, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

I'm happy with this suggestion. The first point at which Eurostar/LCR heavily started to use to the High Speed 1 nonclamenture was during summer the high-speed record runs from Paris/Brussels for the media. Would this be a good (arbitrary) point to use as a guide; most of the infrastructure and construction ("CTRL") would fall before this and references surrounding the re-opening of St. Pancras and the new line (as well as the first record runs) would fall after ("HS1"). If other people are happy with that, I would be. I think it roughly reflects Eurostar usage and change in prominence. If we go for this, the redirect will take care of the linking—that's what it's there for—we wouldn'tt end up with the awkwardness of putting both names everywhere (like was beginning to happen with Brussels Midi/Zuid/South).

I'm happy to side-step the two remaining issues of (a) the four years spent running over CTRL1 (call this "CTRL Section 1"?) and (b) the CTRL-DS opening until those services actually start—I would suspect ("HS1", eg. [5]), though I don't know what Southeastern (train operating company) are going to use once their trains start arriving in quantity and they proceed with actual running of those services; they may choose to append something, as has been done with the "-DS" postfix so-far. —Sladen (talk) 12:59, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

I'm pleased that this discussion has started as HS-1 mania was worrying me too. Perhaps I have a different slant on the differences- to me, the CTRL track runs through Kent and all Thames GateWay documents and I don't see that changing- regardless of ministerial announcements. It makes as much sense as referring to the travelling down the E15 between Narbonne and Perpignan while the world and his nephew call it the A9. Network South East became Connex became Southeastern but we still refer to the Chatham Main Line. I think the term should be CRTL,currently called the HS-1 and redirect all back to CTRL. As for the future- does anyone honestly believe that the appellation of this track will survive intact the through the 2012, Olympic renaming onslaught? ClemRutter 17:05, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

Certainly there’s always the possibility that High Speed 1 will be re-named, but how does using its former name solve anything? David Arthur 18:13, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

Note to ClemRutter - your comments aren't consistent. High Speed 1 is the brand name of a railway line (future use of 'HS1' in official literature in place of/alongside 'CTRL' remains to be seen for now), while NSE/Connex/Southeastern were/are brand names of train operating companies. The Euroroute names aren't even the responsibility of the governments whose countries have such routes (they are in fact the responsibility of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe), although I accept that most of those countries recognise the Euroroute names and have used them alongside, or even in place of the 'sovereign' route names. Edvid (talk) 21:14, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

London West Tunnel

I think this possibly unique feature should be mentioned in the article, although it is only small. At the St Pancras end of the London West Tunnel, the CTRL is still in tunnel when passing over the East Coast Main Line. Upon passing over this tunnel\bridge whilst heading west, the tunnel open up after the bridge then swings south to St Pancras. Simply south (talk) 15:30, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

For a visual representation, see here. Simply south (talk) —Preceding comment was added at 15:32, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

No it's an enclosed bridge. The tunnel starts where the CTRL has soil above it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.166.234.190 (talk) 19:17, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

Miles

Ok, this has been done before, but I still think that miles should be included (at least in brackets).

1. Whilst this line is in metric, all other UK roads and railways are in Imperial. In fact, a road/rail/foot sign in metres/km is against the law in the UK. In the UK, signs must be in Imperial only (excluding height restrictions which have to include both). Therefore people are used to Imperial.
2. The French/other countries in Europe will not look at this page, it is primarily the UK and the USA, both whom use miles.
3. Most Wiki articles concerning the UK in this way imperial units.
4. Most people in the UK understand and are used to Imperial.

So I am not calling for a complete change like a user did before. I understand that the line was built in metric etc. However, it would do no harm/be useful to put miles in brackets.

Regards, Dewarw (talk) 19:29, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

Including them in brackets makes sense, I suppose, but to give the primary figures in miles for a metric line would be as wrong as giving figures in kilometres for a line built in miles. David Arthur (talk) 20:14, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

I want them in brackets for that reason. However, I think the speed is in mph. Dewarw (talk) 20:22, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

NB: In the case of the CTRL, the speed limits are most definitely in metric; which are primarily displayed via cab signalling. —Sladen (talk) 05:43, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

You can consider to use conversion template - Template:Km to mi --Jklamo (talk) 12:53, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

Er, can you cite your source for your claim that 'a road/rail/foot sign in metres/km is against the law in the UK', please? AlexTiefling (talk) 22:54, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

There'll be something in the CTRL Bill passed through parliament which grants it an exception to use kilometres rather than miles. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.166.234.190 (talk) 19:19, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

Yes, Schedule 9 of the CTRL Act 1996 provides an exemption against the relevant section of the Railways Clauses Consolidation Act 1845. –Signalhead ^< T > 14:08, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

The French/other countries in Europe will not look at this page, it is primarily the UK and the USA, both whom use miles. How do you know? There is at least one counterexample: me.--92.228.223.65 (talk) 14:55, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

Fare

Can anybody add a section of it's fare history?--TheEgyptian (talk) 21:51, 23 September 2008 (UTC)

IIRC, it's about £12M/annum, but that covers you for running 50+ trains/day. Could you describe in a bit more detail exactly what sort of "fare history" you specifically had in mind? —Sladen (talk) 21:57, 23 September 2008 (UTC)

Actually what I meant was the ticket prices, sorry for the misunderstanding :) --TheEgyptian (talk) 05:20, 24 September 2008 (UTC)

High Speed 1 is a physical railway line, rather than a train service, and so doesn't have fares as such: its owners collect access fees from train operating companies, rather than fares from individual passengers. At present Eurostar operate the only passenger trains using the line (rather expensive international ones), but they will be joined not too long from now by South Eastern Trains, who will be using it for fast domestic services and charging a premium fare. David Arthur (talk) 16:48, 24 September 2008 (UTC)

Speed

What speeds do Eurostar trains travel at on HS-1? I think the article should mention kph/mph speeds somewhere in the introduction (perhaps in the sentances regarding journey times) becuase at present I don't think it's obvious what the line's top operational speed is (and having read a few referenced links, I'm still not actually sure what it is) even though I think it's highly relevant given the track's status as Britain's premier "high-speed railway line". —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tachy99 (talk • contribs) 11:22, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

IIRC, 300 km/h for CTRL1, 270 km/h for CTRL2, 270 km/h running "wrong line", 200 km/h for the first train of the day. —Sladen (talk) 14:34, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

Map used by Network Rail themselves

This is satisfying, as published by Network Rail et al:

• CTRL/HS1 Network Statement 2008 (Appendix 2: page 37)

and they've used the CTRL rail template diagram for their Network Map. I guess now we know that it's 100% verifiable! —Sladen (talk) 03:11, 17 May 2009 (UTC)

Article in need of serious overhaul

To be honest, I do not know why this is a GA. The writing seems sloppy, with very little if any references. The referencing is awful, a GA should have boatloads of references, certainly not under 25 to its name before I started making improvements. Some of the information is dangerously close to triva and is trivial and unmentionable, doubly so in many cases as it appears to be lacking substance or relivance. Rather than listing this page for a reassessment which will almost certainly result in this article being stripped of its status, in light of its clear importance and the ease of finding sources and information, I'm giving this notice of warning to all editors who have care for the article that they need to sorely help this page out. This is going to need a major top-to-bottom shakeup, there could very easily be over a hundred references attatched to statements just in the rough counting that I have already made. I'm doing my best, but help would be appreciated, as it'll take more than one person to make everything ship-shape as it should be.81.111.115.63 (talk) 20:03, 23 June 2009 (UTC)

I don't disagree with you. This was probably rated a good article compared to other rail articles at the time, but that does not mean it cannot be improved. You're the same editor who contributed an enormous amount to Eurostar, right? You did great work there, especially getting over 100 references for basically all the important statements. Any reason why you don't have a user account? If you contribute in the same way to this article, everyone will appreciate it, you're doing great work. :) I will help where i can, though i am not an expert on railways or rail in the UK. But I can copy-edit and provide feedback. Cheers —fudoreaper (talk) 02:46, 25 June 2009 (UTC)

To start this comment off, though I'd make clear that I'm 81.111.115.63 under a different IP. Sorry for not responding quickly to your comment, moving house (and ISP for that matter) means I'll no longer be appearing under my old name. And yes, I'm the same guy who banged together 140 references for the Eurostar, a very nice and neat topic, not to mention well documented by various media organisations and its owners. Recently I've been working on getting Docklands Light Railway up to scratch after it lost its GA status, got 60 more references in there and am struggling now, but I'm hoping to make it a nice round 100+. One of the primary ways I find sources is via Google, often Google News searches, going back over certain time periods and keyword topics to tease out offical sources around at the time, though it is often quite hard to make these references sometimes. Any help here is appreciated, I'll try to spend some time breaking into this article more, and implimenting a proper structure from which it can grow to current expectations of quality.86.155.132.194 (talk) 18:14, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

Well as some measure of progress, references have travelled from being roughly 25 throughout the page to 50 currently. This still needs work, and I'll continue to do my best, but it is nice to see that the page is progressing after years of idling. This article will shape up to the grade it has been given, with effort.86.155.132.194 (talk) 19:23, 6 July 2009 (UTC)