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Knutsford residents have called on the leader of Cheshire East Council to stand up for them in their fight against the high speed train line that is planned to cut through the Tatton constituency.
More than 200 residents attended a public meeting at Cottons Hotel on Monday to protest about plans for the High Speed Two (HS2) route in Knutsford with the leader of CEC, Clr Michael Jones, vowing...
Homeowners in the Midlands blighted by the proposed HS2 high speed rail line could face a compensation wait of up to 12 YEARS.
Specialist solicitor Alastair Frew said those affected by the proposed rail route and living outside the London to Birmingham route corridor could face the huge delays.
Meanwhile, those directly within the route corridor and set to have land compulsorily purchased...
The leader of a council on the HS2 route to Leeds has said the money needed to fund the project could be better spent on other infrastructure.
Wakefield's leader Peter Box said he did not "believe an economic case for HS2 has been made".
A Department for Transport (DfT) spokesman said HS2 would "provide a boost to the Yorkshire economy."
A recent National Audit Office (NAO) report said...
The Government cannot continue to ignore increasingly powerful voices against HS2 and must consider alternative options, the Chiltern Society said today.
Society chairman David Harris said the government had recently suffered several knock-backs over the scheme and must now take stock of the railway, which would cut through the Vale.
He said: “First, influential figures within the rail...
Major towns and cities and are in danger of losing up to half their train services to London unless the Government overhauls its plans for high speed rail, ministers have been warned.
The Daily Telegraph has learned that Virgin Trains has told Patrick McLoughlin, the Transport Secretary, that the current strategy to run 225mph trains to Birmingham from 2026 is in danger of resulting in...
Campaigners opposed to the high-speed rail line through the Midlands are seeking legal advice on taking the government to court en masse.
The action comes as a consultation into the compensation scheme ends for the line that would link the Midlands with London and the North of England.
HS2 Ltd's Exceptional Hardship Scheme offers homeowners the chance to sell their property to HS2....
The disclosure comes as new documents, published by HS2 on its website, suggest that the hardship caused by the scheme will in many areas be greater than expected, and the benefits less.
The documents include “sound contour maps” showing that, along much of the route, thousands more people than predicted will suffer noise from the new high-speed trains. The new maps show that a thousand...
High-speed rail will drastically reduce the number of train services through the Black Country and Staffordshire, the boss of Virgin Trains has warned.
Services through the region along the West Coast Main Line would halve if the HS2 scheme goes ahead, believes Tony Collins, chief executive of Sir Richard Branson’s company.
Mr Collins, who lives in Sedgley and runs the multi-billion pound...
Council chiefs in Staffordshire have insisted there must be more clarity on proposals to bring high-speed rail to the region, saying a report had left more questions than answers.
The report from the National Audit Office (NAO) said that it was ‘too early’ to decide what impact HS2 would have on the economy and that there was so far ‘limited evidence on passenger demand’.
The NAO said it...
An MP has promised to fight to scrap the HS2 high-speed rail scheme when it is debated in Parliament later this year.
Andrew Bridgen (right), who represents North West Leicestershire, also predicted the project to link London, Birmingham, Leeds and Manchester with 250mph train tracks would cost three times the official Government estimation of £33 billion.
He said: “I and others will be...
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Maria Eagle's Commons comments today about short haul slots being replaced by long haul flights further undermines HS2's green credentials.
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