HS2: ministers to cut services and speeds to drive down costs, reports say

Ministers are planning on cutting HS2 services and train speeds in an attempt to drive down the cost of the heavily delayed project, it has been reported. The government is said to be considering cutting the number of trains from 18 to 10 an hour and reducing the trains’ maximum speeds. The…

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