Farcical cost of HS2 laid bare by one mind-boggling stat
This really puts things into perspective.
Tag: HS2
Labour minister owns Nigel Farage after he calls for HS2 to be scrapped
The transport secretary gave Farage short shrift
Govt may need to ‘deliberately put people off travelling by train’ due to row-back on HS2
"An astounding achievement to spend £50 billion plus on a project that will reduce rail capacity and make the trains run slower", Sam Freedman said.
HS2 chaos leads to closure of historic train factory in the new home of Great British Railways
Taxpayers, high skilled workers and commuters are all paying the price for the mismanagement of HS2 by the Government
Euston, HS2 has a problem
Terminating HS2 at Old Oak Common would be one of the most mind-bogglingly bizarre decisions of the Sunak premiership.
Labour ‘will resurrect northern leg of HS2’ – reports
Louise Haigh, the shadow transport secretary, and her team are said to have suggested they want to resurrect phase 2a of the project.
Burnham in talks over privately-funded alternative to HS2
“If we do nothing, we will have a major transport headache", the Greater Manchester mayor said.
Tory plans for HS2 will REDUCE capacity between London and Manchester
HS2 was meant to solve a capacity crisis on the rail network, but scrapping the northern leg of HS2 actually reduces capacity.
Pojects to be funded by HS2 money were ‘only illustrative’ – Sunak
The party unveiled a list of transport projects that would be financed by cutting the northern leg of HS2, but apparently they were just "illustrative".