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HS2 cost soars to £66.6bn, company chairman admits

The executive chair of HS2 Ltd said the cost has almost doubled from an initial estimate under Gordon Brown’s government that it would cost just £37.5bn

The Independent UK

Labour could revive HS2 northern legs after government fails to sell off land

Sources say land bought for train route north of Birmingham unlikely to be sold before polls – paving way for project’s revival

The Guardian - UK

Work on new HS2 station to begin early in 2024

HS2 Ltd executive chair Sir Jon Thompson said the transition towards installing railway systems will ‘edge us ever closer’ to completion

Evening Standard

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Scrapping HS2 ‘will bring higher fares and congestion for decades’

Plans to make up for the lost capacity due to the cancellation of the railway, first revealed by The Independent, are said to be years away

The Independent UK

New plans for HS2 money will bring ‘higher fares and congestion for decades’

Rail experts say predicted passenger congestion north of Birmingham will mean ticket price rises to reduce demand

The Guardian - UK

Tories savaged for spending HS2 millions promised to north on London potholes

‘Can someone send them a map?’ Ministers mocked for post on money for north going to London

The Independent UK

Private sector will pay for HS2 Euston tunnel, Transport Secretary Mark Harper insists

The National Infrastructure Commission warns that developers will not pay for the tunnelling works

Evening Standard

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Disbelief at plan to fix London potholes as part of Network North project

£235m funding for capital’s roads is possible only because of investment that comes from scrapping northern leg of HS2

The Guardian - UK

Government invests £235m in London's roads using funds from HS2

Roads will be resurfaced across the capital over the next 11 years

Evening Standard

XR co-founder who broke window at HS2 protest given suspended sentence

Dr Gail Bradbrook found guilty of criminal damage to Department for Transport building in 2019

The Guardian - UK

Northern council says it faces bankruptcy over scrapped HS2 link

Cheshire East council mourns ‘devastating impacts’ of Rishi Sunak’s decision to ditch high-speed rail

The Independent UK

Cheshire East council says it faces bankruptcy due to HS2 link cancellation

Local authority covering some of richest areas in England says it spent £11m preparing for rail line

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s chaos’: ruined plans, lost hours at UK’s worst station for cancelled trains

Huddersfield’s travellers are used to poor service. But many fear for the economic damage a dysfunctional rail system causes

The Guardian - UK

UK's HS2: Trying To Bridge The Gap Between Cost And Ambition

The unfinished Colne Valley Viaduct traces a gentle curve over several lakes northwest of London, a picturesque symbol that belies the ugly debate over the ambitious but expensive HS2 train line.

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Evening Standard

Landowners on axed HS2 route left ‘suicidal’, MPs told

Rail expert Trevor Parkin told the Commons’ Transport Select Committee that HS2 Ltd officials are ‘dragging their feet’.

The Independent UK

HS2 decision means cash can now be spent on northern transport projects, says PM

Rishi Sunak discussed his commitment to a mass transit system for Leeds after he tried his hand at jewellery making in Farsley, West Yorkshire.

The Independent UK

Nightmare before Christmas: HS2 to disrupt rail travel on 24 December

Exclusive: Work on the high-speed line will block the Great Western line intermittently for at least the next five years

The Guardian - UK

Every week brings a fresh HS2 scandal. It’s time to shut it down – all of it

In an astonishing white paper, Rishi Sunak rips into the project he once lavishly funded. But he doesn’t go far enough, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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The Guardian - UK

From São Paulo to Old Oak Common: why being at the end of the railway line matters

History shows that having a terminus helps your town prosper – which, in the case of HS2, could be bad news for Manchester

Evening Standard

London businesses urge PM to get on with Euston tunnel despite HS2 troubles

Companies say they're ready to invest in new station if Govt sets up 'right commercial framework'

The Independent UK

Andy Burnham urges Sunak to save HS2 Manchester airport link in King’s Speech

Exclusive: Labour mayor, council bosses and rail chiefs ask PM to bring back legislation for high-speed link

The Guardian - UK

Extinction Rebellion co-founder guilty of breaking window at HS2 protest

Dr Gail Bradbrook found guilty of criminal damage to Department for Transport building in 2019

The Independent UK

Sunak says pumping £150m into bus services instead of HS2 makes for ‘fairer transport system’

Prime minister Rishi Sunak said he was backing ‘the country’s favourite means of transport’

The Independent UK

Rail replacement buses: Sunak pumps £150m of HS2 cash into local services

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said he was backing ‘the country’s favourite means of transport’.

The Guardian - UK

‘We are vital to London and the country’: TfL boss Andy Lord on Ulez, rail funding and HS2

Transport for London’s commissioner has had to focus on cost-cutting since Covid, while fending off attacks on the ultra-low emission zone and wringing new investment out of Whitehall

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