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Evening Standard
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Frankie Lister-Fell

HS2's longest tunnel is completed - but trains still won't run for years

HS2’s longest tunnel, which runs under the Chiltern Hills in Buckinghamshire, has finished construction.

The project, which has been delayed from its original opening date, will connect London with Birmingham cutting the journey from one hour 21 minutes to 52 minutes. The first leg of the journey will cost up to £66 billion.

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