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    IS HS2 THE RIGHT WAY FORWARD?

    Aug 15, 2022 4 minutes

    FOR

    Susan Ryall, director, High-Speed Rail Group

    Improving the UK’s rail infrastructure through HS2 will transform the country: not just with reduced journey times and carbon emissions, but by spreading economic benefits, prosperity and opportunity around the UK.

    With the first leg of HS2 from London to Birmingham under construction, the next part of the line from the West Midlands to Crewe approved by Parliament, and legislation for extending the route from Crewe to Manchester now making its way through Parliament, we are moving ever closer to creating a new rail spine to connect communities across Britain. The challenge we now face is spreading awareness of the transformative advantages of high-speed rail, so

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