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.

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High Speed UK - Connecting the Nation

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NORTHERN POWERHOUSE CHALLENGE


“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

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HS2 Ltd’s proposed routes in Yorkshire have been developed with no thought for integrating with transpennine ‘Northern Powerhouse Rail’ (NPR) routes. As a result, NPR cannot meet its own journey time specification. This catastrophic failure is exposed by HSUK’s vastly superior performance in the Northern Powerhouse region.


 

 


The failure of HS2 Ltd and Transport for the North to deliver an optimised national network is exposed in ‘The Northern Poorhouse’. For further info on HSUK’s transpennine strategy and the specification NPR cannot meet, please follow these links:



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