Date: 15/11/2016
The government has confirmed the route for the second phase of the high-speed rail line HS2, from Crewe to Manchester and the West Midlands to Leeds. Critics of the £56bn project say it will be a white elephant that ploughs through some of Britain's most beautiful countryside. The government says it will boost the economy by billions of pounds. The plan does not include the site of a new station in Sheffield, after the Meadowhall proposal was scrapped.
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The route for HS2's next phase from Crewe to Manchester and Birmingham to Leeds has been announced.
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