Broken promises for communities hit by partial cancellation of UK high-speed rail project

The town where England’s new high-speed rail project was originally meant to terminate is facing bankruptcy, after the government cancelled the second part of the planned route. The High Speed 2 project, known as HS2, was originally planned to link London to the north of England from 2026. However, it had its route radically shortened and will only run from London to Birmingham in central England, after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in October last year cancelled the construction of the second phase from Birmingham up to Manchester. CNA’s Stuart Smith reports.

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