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MPs question whether HS2’s Euston station will ever get built and describe line as ‘poor value’

By 2024-02-07T12:47:00

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Source: Grimshaw \ HS2 Ltd

Public Accounts Committee criticises government, saying scheme ‘needed steady hand on tiller’ – and didn’t get it

Running HS2 trains just from Birmingham to west London will be “very poor value for money”, MPs have said and warned they have serious doubts about whether the originally planned station at Euston can attract enough private finance to get it back up and running.

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