After years of work and anticipation the high speed rail network to London has been scrapped
This week the prime minister announced plans to scrap the Manchester leg of HS2 after weeks of speculation that the levelling up project would face the axe.
READ MORE: 'He hasn't spoken to any northern leaders': Rishi Sunak faces backlash as ex-Tory PMs slam him for scrapping HS2 to Manchester Kenneth Shawcross, 72, is a retiree from Rusholme who said he thinks the North is always forgotten about when it comes to railway transport. He said: "I knew that they'd scrap it, because Rishi Sunak wouldn't make a decision one way or another. It was obvious.
He said: "I think it's a good thing, we don't need it. The service from Manchester to Liverpool is terrible, why not sort that out instead. HS2 would only save 20 minutes travelling to London, why spend so much on that?Successive Conservative governments had pledged that the entire HS2 route would be completed. They said it was a key part of their pledge to create a Northern Powerhouse in the UK, with Greater Manchester at the heart of it.
Heather Spiro, a 74-year-old South African expatriate who now lives in Didsbury, added: “They’ve already spent billions, it seems like a waste of money. The whole project seemed a bit suspect from the beginning. The railway network is rubbish, and going cross country is even worse."
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