Boris Johnson has been accused of a “great train robbery” by reneging on a promise to Red Wall voters to extend the high speed rail network HS2 to the north and midlands of England.Even Conservative MPs criticised the government after it watered down railway plans and confirmed part of the HS2 high speed line will be scrapped.
Grant Shapps, the transport secretary, unveiled the £96 billion Integrated Rail Plan on Thursday which he said would slash journey times across the Midlands with 110 miles of new high-speed line.
But the original proposal to extend of HS2 from the East Midlands to Leeds has been ditched. The Northern Powerhouse Rail project has also been downgraded with a new line from Leeds to Manchester via Bradford abandoned.Shado
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