Intercity high speed rail network gets the go ahead
11 Mar 10 13:36 Filed in: Business | Business-walsall
High-speed rail plans announced by government
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A new £30 billion high-speed rail (HSR) network, with 250mph trains, was announced today by the Government. Transport Secretary Lord Adonis gave Labour's backing to a new 335-mile London to Scotland HSR network which would drastically reduce rail journey times. Running from Euston in London, the first part of the route - to Birmingham - would start in 2017, cost between £15.8 billion and £17.4 billion and would reduce the journey time between the UK's two biggest cities to between 30 and 50 minutes...
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