The government has set out its plans for a new, high-speed rail network for Britain. It’s claimed that the new 250mph rail link will slash journey times between cities. It will cost an estimated £30 billion and create 10,000 jobs. Travel from London to Birmingham will be cut from 1 hour 24 minutes to just 49 minutes and, north of Birmingham, the network will fork towards Manchester and Liverpool and on to Scotland, and to Sheffield, Leeds and Newcastle-upon-Tyne. London to Glasgow or Edinburgh would take just three and a half hours, an hour faster than it currently takes.
A new, high-speed rail network for Britain
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Personally, I will believe it, when I see it. If you have to travel into London every morning from the home counties, you will be highly sceptical of any of these press releases. IMO