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Rail experts say downscaling HS2 would be ‘commercial and operational mess’

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Chancellor Jeremy Hunt are reported to be meeting to discuss the future of the project in the coming days.

The Independent UK

Sunak set to cut off HS2’s northern leg as costs spiral – reports

Rishi Sunak has publicly refused to guarantee the high-speed line will go to Manchester and is reportedly set to wield the axe.

The Independent UK

Tory big beasts turn on Rishi Sunak’s ‘insane’ plan to scrap HS2

David Cameron, Boris Johnson and the government’s own infrastructure tsar join outcry against ‘tragedy’ of cancelling Birmingham to Manchester rail line – first revealed in The Independent

The Independent UK

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Build HS2, say northern leaders, as ministers refuse to confirm Manchester link

Andy Burnham says reports Rishi Sunak wants to cut route short at Birmingham ‘beggared belief’

The Guardian - UK

OPINION - They make a wasteland and they call it progress on HS2

If you have occasion to take the Elizabeth line from one of the Ealing stations you will soon pass a large area of London that might come as something of a surprise to you. Old Oak Common is slowly being turned into what the Government likes to call “a new…

Evening Standard

Rishi Sunak ‘pushing for HS2 to stop six miles north of Euston’

PM said to want project to stop at Old Oak Common in bid to save billions

The Independent UK

HS2 will bury two Tunnel Boring Machines at Old Oak Common

The two boring machines will be blessed in a ceremony using a statue of St Barbara, the patron saint of tunnelling

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Diggers to be buried at HS2 station to await green light on Euston extension

The machines will be kept in an underground chamber at Old Oak Common, ready to start tunnelling should the central London leg get the go-ahead.

The Independent UK

Old Oak Common HS2 station awarded outstanding rating for environmental design

Old Oak Common, which is under construction, was given the highest possible rating under an international scheme

Evening Standard

HS2 station awarded outstanding rating for environmental design

Old Oak Common, which is under construction, was given the highest possible rating under an international scheme.

The Independent UK

‘Absolute scandal’ - Concern over lack of step-free platforms at Old Oak Common station

Mayor Sadiq Khan agreed with Liberal Democrat Caroline Pidgeon that it would be “heartbreaking” if the station was not fully accessible

Evening Standard

TfL wants to buy more Elizabeth line trains to cope with HS2 demand

Temporary terminus of HS2 at Old Oak Common will pile pressure onto Elizabeth line services

Evening Standard

HS2 will reach central London only when line to Manchester is complete

Passengers could wait a decade for trains serving central London after High Speed 2 opens

The Independent UK

HS2 confirms work on £1.2billion Euston tunnel to be paused

Construction on HS2’s £1.2billion tunnel to Euston will be held back from starting next year as planned after the Government “switched priority” to get the maligned high-speed railway running from Birmingham to Old Oak Common.

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Manchester Evening News

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Manchester Evening News

Michael Gove insists HS2 will arrive in Manchester - but it might not reach Euston

The high-speed line could terminate in West London

Evening Standard

HS2 train line might not arrive at Euston until 2041, Labour tells Commons

The HS2 high-speed rail line may not arrive at Euston for almost 20 years, it was claimed in the Commons on Tuesday.

Evening Standard

Elizabeth line will be as crowded as Tube with new HS2 Euston delay, warns Sadiq Khan

Mayor says retaining Old Oak Common as HS2’s southern terminus until Euston’s now-likely opening date of around 2040 ‘not a viable option’

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Evening Standard

HS2 high-speed trains may not reach Euston until around 2040

Transport Secretary Mark Harper promises to ‘prioritise’ first stage between Birmingham and new station at Old Oak Common

The Independent UK

HS2 and the ‘Ryanair’ approach to placenames

The Man Who Pays His Way: Inter-city rail journeys should not be inter-suburban

The Guardian - UK

Pruning HS2 cuts short-term costs but loses bigger long-term benefits

Reports that the line could permanently stop at Old Oak Common, not Euston, would mean even less value for money from HS2

Evening Standard

HS2: are we building this thing or not?

So there it is, High Speed 2 (HS2) will be coming to Euston after all, rather than terminating at Old Oak Common. It was rather odd timing for the story to be leaked, given that the chancellor was to make a major address on the future of the UK economy…

The Independent UK

HS2 will go to Euston after all, chancellor confirms

‘I don’t see any conceivable circumstances in which that would not end up at Euston,’ Jeremy Hunt says

The Independent UK

HS2 route: Chancellor insists high-speed rail link will reach Euston despite rumoured cuts

‘We’re going to make it happen’ says Jeremy Hunt

The Independent UK

Jeremy Hunt: No ‘conceivable circumstances’ in which HS2 stops short of Euston

The Chancellor made the comment amid reports plans for the high-speed railway could be downgraded again to save costs.

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