Government launches study into running HS2 trains to Leeds

By Daniel Gayne2023-07-18T11:20:00

Announcement comes in DfT response to critical transport committee report

The government has launched a study to work out how HS2 trains can be run to Leeds, nearly two years after it scrapped plans for an eastern leg for the new high-speed rail line.

A review of how HS2 trains could be brought to Yorkshire has been promised since the government’s £96bn Integrated Rail Plan (IRP) was published in November 2021.

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