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28/01/2013
Phase-Two Of High Speed Railway Revealed
The government has unveiled details of the next phase of the £32bn HS2 high-speed rail network.
Phase two shows the preferred route running north from Birmingham, it includes five stops: Manchester; Manchester Airport; Toton near Nottingham; Sheffield; and Leeds.
With more than 70 groups opposing HS2 considerable criticism has already been heaped on phase-one, the London to Birmingham stage of the journey.
The Department for Transport said that HS2 phase two would virtually halve journey times between Birmingham and Manchester - to 41 minutes - and between London and Manchester from two hours and eight minutes to one hour and eight minutes.
Speeds of up to 250mph on HS2 will also reduce a Birmingham to Leeds journey from two hours to 57 minutes, while phase one will cut London-Birmingham travel to 49 minutes, from the current one hour and 24 minutes.
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Phase two shows the preferred route running north from Birmingham, it includes five stops: Manchester; Manchester Airport; Toton near Nottingham; Sheffield; and Leeds.
With more than 70 groups opposing HS2 considerable criticism has already been heaped on phase-one, the London to Birmingham stage of the journey.
The Department for Transport said that HS2 phase two would virtually halve journey times between Birmingham and Manchester - to 41 minutes - and between London and Manchester from two hours and eight minutes to one hour and eight minutes.
Speeds of up to 250mph on HS2 will also reduce a Birmingham to Leeds journey from two hours to 57 minutes, while phase one will cut London-Birmingham travel to 49 minutes, from the current one hour and 24 minutes.
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