for nine years, successive uk governments have repeated promises to revolutionise how we travel by train between the north of england and london. high speed rail2, or hsz, promised to modernise britain s transport infrastructure, cut travel times and integrate the economies of england s regions. hs2 will still go ahead, but today, the uk government confirms it is significantly watering down the project s ambition by scrapping its entire eastern leg. here was the original plan, in which hs2 connects london with birmingham, manchester and leeds. but as of today, it s been confirmed that the leg between the east midlands and leeds will now be scrapped. and it s also ditching a planned new high speed rail link between manchester and leeds. instead the government says it s come up with an alternative rail package priced at £96 billion. it promises to upgrade existing train links and build new, but shorter stretches of high speed track. katy austin reports. this south yorkshire lo
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