HS2 may not run through to central London - report

Work on the first phase of the project - between London and Birmingham - is well under way and that part of the line is due to open by 2033.

The estimated cost of HS2 was between £72bn and £98bn at 2019 prices. A budget of £55.7bn for the whole of HS2 was set in 2015 - but this was made before the Leeds leg was cancelled. Mr Harper said inflation was not affecting the "overall affordability of HS2 in real terms" but it was "creating pressures against its existing annual funding settlements".

However, Lord Tony Berkeley questioned whether more services to London were needed and said money would be better spent on local and regional services.

Scrap it , It's a waste of the people's money

West London gives access to Crossrail and LHR so actually a better option than Euston. Just need to ensure a smooth connection to St Pancras.

An absolute and total waste of money, this would have been better spent upgrading existing lines, and would impact on the environment so much.

No point building it if it doesn’t!!

Successful projects are measured by 3 main things: Scope Timeframe Budget This is a massive failure by all 3 measurements

Ffs bbc make your mind up ,, you've just posted a tweet saying it will reach Central London, Talk about giving mis information

Shame they couldn't ask the chinese for help hahahahaha america told uk they not allowed 😂🤣

£80B and it won't even reach its destination. £40B over budget. That's a lot of nurses, paramedics, and hospital beds

Where is all the money going? Delays, over budget and cutting off some of the most useful stops. Likely people at the top giving each other brown envelopes while the project is a mess. Should have sold it to the Chinese, at least they would have got the plan finalised by now.

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The damn thing should not run anywhere….as a voter nobody asked my opinion. Waste of space…and the countryside lost

the birmingham express before long

HS2 makes less and less sense every day

If Cross Rail taught us anything it's that HS2 will be a bottomless pit money wise but Iam guessing a LOT of Tory donation supporters will be making huge profits out of this white elephant ...

Pathetic. Scrap it now and spend the money on Nurses and Paramedics. They deserve it.

Rank incompetence was rarely so hilarious

Will it cost less.

Haha 😂

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