Up & Down Lines
Apr 01, 2019
4 minutes
By Nick Pigott
Why is there still so much vehement opposition to HS2?
SITE clearance work at Euston, Willesden, Old Oak, Washwood Heath, Curzon Street and elsewhere are physical signs HS2 is finally turning from dream to reality… but when members of a recent BBC Question Time audience were asked if they were in favour of it, you could hear a pin drop.
Admittedly, the programme was broadcast from Aylesbury, whose residents will get much of the upheaval and none of the benefit of the high-speed line, but it doesn’t alter the fact that HS2 divides public opinion almost as much as
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