Should HS2 Be Built?

Being a rail enthusiast when a mention of a new line is going to be built I go all goey eyed and start salivating. But not this time though.

The government have given the go ahead to build HS2 which is going to be a new high speed linking London with Birmingham then onto Leeds and Manchester. The reason I’m not excited is because communities are going to be destroyed for a railway line that’s only going to save 20 minutes between London and Birmingham.

Its going to cost in excess of £12m and take about 20 years to build.

I think the money could be better spent on the existing railway infrastructure.