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UK - Green light given to high-speed rail links between UK's biggest cities

RobitTV · 2012-01-07 15:21:02

A controversial high-speed rail line between London and Birmingham will be given the go-ahead by Transport Secretary Justine Greening next week. The biggest rail project in over a century will cut the journey time between Britain’s two biggest cities from one hour 24 minutes to just 49 minutes. The 100-mile, 250mph link…

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A controversial high-speed rail line between London and Birmingham will be given the go-ahead by Transport Secretary Justine Greening next week.

The biggest rail project in over a century will cut the journey time between Britain’s two biggest cities from one hour 24 minutes to just 49 minutes.

The 100-mile, 250mph link will eventually be extended to north-west and north-east England and on to Scotland, bringing Britain’s creaking rail infrastructure up to the level of other major economies such as those of Japan and France.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2083433/Rails-high-speed-future-Fast-link-UKs-biggest-cities-green-light.html

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