As controversy around HS2 deepens ahead of the Conservative Party Conference, former prime minister Boris Johnson hits out government saying we must be 'out of our minds' to dump the northern leg of the rail project
Transport Secretary Mark Harper announced that work at Euston would be paused for two years as costs were forecast to almost double to £4.8 billion.
The pause means Old Oak Common, in the capital’s western suburbs, will be the railway’s only London station when services to and from Birmingham Curzon Street begin between 2029 and 2033. According to The Independent, Mr Sunak and Chancellor Jeremy Hunt have seen a paper which suggested failing to rebuild Euston as planned under phase one of HS2 would lead to big queues and the “gross exceedance of standard passenger comfort levels” through overcrowding.
It also warned that station closures could become “commonplace” within the next decade, according to the newspaper, which said it had seen the details in a Government document marked “Official Sensitive”. Work is well under way on creating the track between London and Birmingham as part of phase one of HS2, with extensive tunnelling having taken place.
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