CHEAPER
£20bn less than existing plans for HS2 & HS3.
BETTER CONNECTED
Improves 94% of journeys and reduces journey time by an average of 40%.
CLEANER
Saves 600 million tonnes of CO2 and avoids the Chilterns AONB.
SMARTER
Improves regional rail across the UK and integrates with the existing rail infrastructure.
“HS2 modelling is shocking, biased and bonkers.”
Margaret Hodge, Chair, Public Accounts Committee
“No economic case for HS2... it will destroy jobs and force businesses to close.”
Institute of Economic Affairs
HSUK offers direct high speed links between most principal UK cities, with no change of trains required. HS2 fails to interlink most regional cities, and it makes more journeys worse than it improves.
For further details of HSUK’s strategy for a national network of high speed lines interlinking all major conurbations, please follow these links:
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