Commuters share their thoughts after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak confirmed that the planned HS2 line between Birmingham and Manchester would be cancelled.
The recent announcement from Prime Minister Rishi Sunak that the northern leg of HS2, which would have shortened the journey between Manchester and London by 54 minutes, was to be scrapped has sparked conversation amongst local and regional commuters. Sunak confirmed that the long-planned high-speed train line and the flagship infrastructure project of the north-south levelling-up agenda would be cancelled just last week after days of fervent speculation.
None of that line’s going to happen now, so I’m going to have to keep taking slow trains or drive, which I really don’t want to do, but it forces your hand.” The line was already under construction, meaning that many people had already started to be affected by it, with another passenger saying: “They made way onto the land and made people sell their houses and land, too. It’s ruined a lot of people’s lives.
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