People living on a Long Eaton road where houses could have been demolished to make way for HS2 say uncertainty around the project has been "devastating." The first HS2 trains are expected to start carrying passengers between London and Birmingham in 2029 at the earliest, with estimates the cost of the whole project will eventually reach £71 billion.
The London to Birmingham route represents the first phase of HS2, whilst the second sees the route splitting off into a Y shape. Trains will head towards East Midlands Parkway on the eastern leg and then to Crewe and eventually Manchester on the other.
The East Midlands Parkway plan came out in 2021's integrated rail review and was a change to previous plans which would have seen a station at Toton acting as a HS2 hub. The Toton plans would have seen around 70 Bonsall Street properties being demolished to create a viaduct.
