HS2: Now Manchester faces the axe
Eastern Leg no more. Euston no more. Now the The UK government is considering even more cutbacks to the HS2 high-speed rail project. With Leeds, Sheffield and Nottingham already off the timetable, now the prestige Manchester link is in line for the chop. With a critical national budget just over two months away, the future of Britain’s high-speed rail project, HS2, hangs in the balance. Sources within Downing Street have confirmed that top level government officials have met to discuss potential further cutbacks to one of Europe’s major infrastructure ventures.
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It’s quite unbelievable that our short-sighted Govt is culling much of HS2. It’s a long-term project. If 0-carbon goals are to be met the whole of HS2 must be built. Yes its new and expensive and high-speed, but it’s purpose is to unclog the rest of our overloaded Victorian rail network; as a consequence a new railway is needed. It has to be high-speed because it would be pointless to build another slow speed set of lines mirroring Victorian rail standards.