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UK: HS2 progress overshadowed by coronavirus and controversy

By Nick Kingsley2021-05-06T09:52:00

2021-04-13 Aggregate train at Claydon HS2 compound and start of EWR bridge over HS2 Phil Marsh 189

Photos: Phil Marsh

While construction of HS2’s initial phase between London and the West Midlands is forging ahead despite local protests, completion of the 540 km ‘Y network’ as originally outlined in 2010 now appears much less certain. Nick Kingsley reports.

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