Ending HS2 at Old Oak is the ‘Ryanair option’, warns TfL boss

By Hamish Champ2019-09-19T05:00:00

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TfL commissioner Mike Brown says railway must continue on to Euston to secure benefits for the capital

The man in charge of Transport for London has warned the government that ending the HS2 line at Old Oak Common in west London would be the “Ryanair option”.

Rocketing costs on the controversial railway scheme may prompt the government to halt the line eight miles west of its intended terminus at Euston – or abandon the scheme altogether.

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