High-speed rail route revealed
£32bn high speed rail link between London and Yorkshire has been revealed.
HS2 is neither cheap nor very popular along its route
At a cost of £33 billion, this train line is neither cheap nor very popular with those living along its route.
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Full Report: High speed rail "good for jobs"
We're being promised that we will benefit from plans for a new high speed rail line - even though it will stop short of the North East.
Journey times to London will be cut by more than half an hour, and business leaders say the line will help attract investment and jobs to the region, despite it only coming as far north as Leeds.
Watch the full report from our Business Correspondent Ben Chapman below.
"We will continue to campaign for making sure that the line is extended all the way through"
Business leaders have welcomed government plans to create a high speed rail network between London and north of England - even though it stops short of the North East region.
The high speed sections will finish at Manchester and Leeds, although the trains will continue north at a slower speed.
Journeys from Newcastle to London would be cut to two hours and twenty minutes.
Business groups, like James Ramsbotham of the North East Chamber of Commerce,
say that the links are vital for the future of our economy.
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High Speed 2 will 'boost the economy in Newcastle' says Transport Secretary
Business leaders welcome high-speed rail lines
Business groups have welcomed plans to build a high-speed rail line between London, Leeds and Manchester - even though it stops short of the North East.
The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) and the North East Chamber of Commerce (NECC) said the line was "essential" to the region's future.
The high-speed line will end at Leeds, but high-speed trains will continue north to Newcastle. Journey times to the capital would reduce from nearly three hours, to two hours and 18 minutes.
A journey to Birmingham would take two hours and seven minutes, down from more than three hours.
The line would be open by 2033.
The CBI and NECC have today published their Transport Priorities for the North East. It calls for help in securing a trans-Atlantic air route and upgrades to the A1 and A19, in addition to high-speed rail.
Government reveals precise route of HS2
Proposed HS2 route passes near Midlands beauty spots
The government's preferred route for the HS2 rail extension passes close to a number of natural beauty spots north of Birmingham including Shugborough Hall and the village of Great Haywood.
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HS2 video released by government
The Department for Transport have released a video detailing the HS2 route along with estimated journey times.
High-speed rail route revealed
£32bn high speed rail link between London and Yorkshire has been revealed.
Read the full storyCBI: Extending HS2 to the North is the 'big prize'
The head of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has welcomed the announcement of the second phase of the HS2 rail network linking Leeds, Manchester and Birmingham:
– John Cridland, CBI Director-GeneralWe cannot sit on our hands when the West Coast Main Line is set to reach full capacity by the 2020s and freight will be squeezed.
Extending HS2 to the North is the project’s big prize. It will boost the economic potential of some of our biggest cities, driving growth and creating jobs across the country. This is the same bold, long-term thinking that helped the Victorians build our original network.
HS2 is neither cheap nor very popular along its route
At a cost of £33 billion, this train line is neither cheap nor very popular with those living along its route.
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