Cut price alternative could revive HS2 plan to build line to Euston

The cost of the Euston terminus has ballooned from £2.6bn to £4.8bn. | ITV News London

Plans to build HS2 to Euston could be revived after the boss of a construction firm put forward a cut price alternative.

Terminating the line at Old Oak Common, west London would be a 'catastrophic failure', said London mayor Sadiq Khan.

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