
Carbon savings promised as HS2 gets green signal
225mph trains linking London and Birmingham in 49 minutes to run by 2026 with lines to Manchester and Leeds promised by 2032
The government has today given the go-ahead to a controversial high-speed rail link from London to major cities in the north of England in what transport secretary Justine Greening described as "the largest...
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