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HS2 a 'casebook example of now not to run a major project' say MPs


28/02/2025 in News

Euston’s approach, looking in the ‘Up’ direction towards the station (top left). The red double-decker bus is travelling south on Hampstead Road, while the bridge above the orange-fronted Class 710 and the green Pendolino carries Granby Terrace over the West Coast Main Line. Granby Terrace is being extended (right) to also traverse the future HS2 lines. CHRIS HOWE

“The HS2 programme has become a casebook example of how not to run a major project”.




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  • Oz24_7 - 28/02/2025 16:23

    Always suspected it was a bad plan. Ridiculous amount of money wasted to serve the few. Not the many. Whom are these people that make these terrible decisions. I would sack them. Sad times UK

  • Bean - 26/03/2025 12:48

    The HS2 would have been better connecting Liverpool-Manchester-Leeds-Hull and invest from the North southwards

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