Haven’t used trains regularly since 1970-71 when I used them once or twice a week, since 1971 I have used a train back in 1993 to take Victoria to an interview at uni (for the life of me, can’t remember why I didn’t drive - drove up to visit her on numerous occasions subsequently) and in January last year to visit my sister in hospital and in February for her funeral. 1,000 mile round trip, so the overnight sleepers were preferred to driving into London.
So, frankly, I don’t much care what happens to HS2. On the other hand, had not the network been vandalised in the 1960s, they would be much more relevant today for medium to long distance journeys
Mike