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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Ross Lydall

HS2 boss reveals three reasons why high-speed project is years late and billions over budget

The new chief executive of HS2 says he has unearthed three key reasons why the high-speed rail line has gone massively over budget and will not reach central London for more than a decade.

Mark Wild made the revelation as he predicted that the opening of the first leg of the railway – between Old Oak Common in west London and Curzon Street station in Birmingham – would be a “day of national celebration”.

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