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 has developed bespoke schemes which show how high speed services can efficiently reach the centres of all our major cities. All HS2 can offer is an unfeasible mixture of terminus stations, inappropriate parkway stations and long spurs to existing stations, that will result in an inefficient and fragmented national network.
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