HS2

HS2

The planned High Speed 2 rail link from London to Birmingham and on to Manchester is going to be the world's most expensive railway, costing up to £70billion.

It will cut journey times to Birmingham by 32 minutes - but many people say it will destroy precious countryside and is a waste of public money.

The model is made up of around 15,000 Lego bricks

HS2 spends £20,000 on west London train station built with Lego

1 month ago

Louise Haigh has announced a number of measures to get HS2 costs under control

HS2 independent review launched in bid to get 'spiralling costs' back on track

6 months ago

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HS2 was cancelled by the previous government

Troubled HS2 rail line will run from London Euston to Crewe, LBC understands

6 months ago

A proposal to build a cheaper but slower alternative to a scrapped section of HS2 has been unveiled

Plans for cheaper alternative of scrapped HS2 northern leg unveiled in which journeys would be only 15 minutes longer

7 months ago

Mind the gap: HS2 trains too high for existing station platforms and will cost taxpayers £200m to fix

Mind the gap: HS2 trains too high for existing station platforms and 'will cost taxpayer £200m to fix'

7 months ago

Rishi Sunak has said the decision to take money from the scrapped HS2 northern leg to fund other transport links will be "transformational".

Rishi Sunak sets out 'transformational' £4.7bn 'local transport fund' from HS2's axed northern leg

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In 2013, the project was estimated to cost £37.5 billion, including the now-scrapped extensions to Manchester and Leeds.

Cost of HS2 London to Birmingham line 'could soar to nearly £67 billion'

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JOB on HS2 promises

James O'Brien criticises Rishi Sunak's watering down of 'illustrative' Network North projects funded by HS2 cut

Ages ago

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Rishi Sunak spoke to LBC's Tom Swarbrick

Politicians should have the right to change direction, says Rishi Sunak as he defends decision to scrap HS2 north

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Sir Keir Starmer has refused to commit to reversing Sunak's HS2 cancellation

Labour can't commit to reversing HS2 cancellation, Keir Starmer says, after Sunak takes 'wrecking ball' to finances

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Rishi Sunak said on Wednesday that HS2 will reach Euston in central London

HS2 might not reach Euston after all: Project will only go to central London with enough private funding

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Rishi Sunak filmed video of his HS2 announcement in Downing Street ahead of Tory conference

Rishi Sunak filmed video cancelling HS2 days before Tory conference announcement - despite saying he'd not decided

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Rishi Sunak scrapped the HS2 extension in his speech at the Conservative Party Conference

Rishi Sunak sets himself up as Thatcher's heir as he gambles on three new policies

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Rishi Sunak scrapped the HS2 extension in his speech at the Conservative Party Conference

Rishi's on the wrong track: David Cameron and George Osborne slam decision to scrap HS2 northern leg

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Residents predicted HS2's collapse years ago due to impractical route and ballooning costs

Inevitable demise: Residents predicted HS2's collapse years ago due to impractical route and ballooning costs

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Rishi Sunak has presented a series of new policies

Scrapping HS2 north, smoking ban and a new qualification: Sunak's policy announcements at a glance

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