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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Gwyn Topham Transport correspondent

Revised plans for HS2 Euston terminus would cost almost £5bn, says watchdog

The HS2 Euston Station site last August
The HS2 Euston station site last August. HS2 trains are now not expected to run into Euston until at least 2041-43, having originally been scheduled for 2026. Photograph: HS2

The cost of HS2’s revised and postponed London Euston terminus has almost doubled to £4.8bn since 2020, according to the the public spending watchdog, with millions wasted on botched decisions.

The government announced last month that work on the high-speed line’s central London station would be paused. But the National Audit Office warned on Monday that the move would “lead to additional costs and potentially higher costs overall”.

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