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Old November 23rd 14, 11:28 AM posted to uk.railway,uk.transport.london
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Default Is this the death knoll for HS2?

On Sun, 23 Nov 2014 11:38:28 +0000, Dickie mint
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"HS2 'slowly dying’ as Euston terminus plan grinds to halt
Design work on HS2 at Euston station "stopped" due to scheme's "costs
and benefits" being "unaffordable", according to minutes seen by The
Sunday Telegraph "

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukne...s-to-halt.html



We can but hope this an end of the "Tube to Birmingham". It could be
the salvation of the rest of the UK Rail System.

Perhaps now thoughts can return to real congestion relief. Full
restoration of the GW route to Birmingham, and dealing with the ECML's
bottlenecks would be a good start.
 
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