East Coast Mainline - High Speed Rail Link - Edinburgh to London

I believe that there should be a high speed rail link on the East Coast Mainline route connecting London-Leeds-Newcastle-Edinburgh and Glasgow with improvements in the lines to Inverness, Aberdeen and other Scottish towns with more dual tracking and extended electrification which should be started within the next five years.

This high-speed link, along with the other improvements would, bring many advantages for businesses, users and the environment by encouraging traffic from the roads. the time taken from the centre of Edinburgh to the centre of London using the high-speed link would be much less than travelling from the centre of Edinburgh to the airport and then flying to London and then onwards into the city centre.
I think this would save time, stress and damage to the environment. You just have to look at the system that they use in France, for example the TGV rail system from Paris to Lyon.

From now on all rail lines ie the tracks and rolling-stock should be built and developed within the UK in order to preserve and create jobs for British workers.

All the stations and trains should be made accessible by having a universal information system which can be used by blind and disabled people. All trains should have a standard layout for buttons.

This would give us an intergrated transport system which would be accessible to all and fit for the 21st century.