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TRAIN JOURNEY BACK IN TIME

t seems impossible to turn on the television in the UK at the moment without seeing the latest update on High Speed 2 (HS2), the new high-speed railway that will link the UK’s capital to the Midlands, up through the North and eventually into Scotland. The UK government is quick to point out the benefits of such

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