HS2 Wendover Dean Viaduct

[@Polarbear1-b6j]

Great video. What stands out for me is actually just how small HS2 is in the wider landscape, and that's even as it is now, within a few years all that off trace stuff will disappear and be all green again.

[@peterrobinson6872]

From an aerial perspective, railways (even high speed railways) almost disappear into the landscape, unlike motorways which remain very prominent, because of their larger footprint.

[@Polarbear1-b6j]

​@@peterrobinson6872 Indeed, as will become ever evident even to the Anti's.

[@DaveFiggley]

Fantastic light, QM. Interestingly, from this direction - looking from the viaduct towards the Bowood Lane overbridge - that annoying lump of hillside doesn't look particularly imposing whereas the view looking north made it seem like a mountain. Optical delusion, I suppose. Anyway, the plan has the maximum depth of the cutting at 50 feet and, from this angle, I'm inclined to believe it. I don't suppose they'll start digging it out anytime soon but I know you'll be on the case when they do ... 👍🧐

[@stevetony6876]

It’s difficult to visualise the cutting here before Bowood Lane…deep and narrow? Mind you the alignment is sloping too. I wonder why there’s little progress on the cutting after the tunnel portals.. lack of resources perhaps. Looks like being a slow burner 👍

[@stevemaskell6026]

What an eyesore!!!!

[@stevetony6876]

I’m not so sure.. the viaduct doesn’t dominate the landscape.The pylons ..hmm well they’re all over the place! Thanks for watching. 👍

[@johnsmith-rs2vk]

Billions for a few minutes . Lived at WestonTurville ( near Wendover ) in my teens . A golden time .

[@bobthegreat297]

you could say that for literally all infrastructure in the uk, honestly this is nothing and anyway i think its needed

[@DaveFiggley]

@@bobthegreat297 I hope some future power eventually sees the benefit of extending HS2 north of Birmingham. We're already in too deep to do half a job - the full potential won't be unleashed unless someone has the vision to complete what was originally planned. Lessons must be learned from Phase 1 and applied to all future extensions of the high speed rail network.

[@simonbrown7455]

What can you build in the UK that won't be seen ? We are hardly China where they have expanses of untouched land to easily run a railing across. Any kind of infrastructure project in the UK is gonna end up like this.