The beleaguered HS2 rail project will serve “most of northern England” when the line to and from London Euston is finally completed, the rail minister has said.
Lord Hendy was speaking at a ceremony marking the start of the final part of tunnelling for HS2. Two tunnel boring machines, named Karen and Madeleine, have begun inching their way from Old Oak Common – a station under construction in west London – to Euston station at the centre of the capital.
