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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Richard Wheeler

Government warned HS2 may never be resurrected after cost-saving delays

PA Wire

HS2 is at risk of being “dismembered” and never resurrected after further delays were announced by the Government, peers have heard.

Cost-saving measures mean the construction of the Birmingham to Crewe leg of HS2 will be delayed by two years and services of the high speed rail line may not enter central London until the 2040s.

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