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HS2 is a planned rail link
which aims to connect North and South with a High-Speed,
High-Capacity rail line. The new line will provide a much
needed boost to the UK economy and will provide enough rail
capacity to allow the North to continue to grow well into the
future |
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How HS2 will benefit
the UK |
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HS2 Phase 1 will help to create up to 40,000 additional UK
jobs |
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HS2 will create enough capacity in order to allow the
North the continue to grow well into the future |
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HS2 will provide a real alternative to flying from the North
to London |
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HS2 will provide a better alternative to driving from the
Midlands and North to London |
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HS2 will improve local services for places such as Milton
Keynes, Coventry and Stoke-on-Trent |
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HS2 will boost the economy of the North and the economy of the
UK as a whole |
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HS2 will create up to 10,000 desperately needed UK
construction jobs |
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HS2 will provide at least £59bn worth of benefits to the UK
economy |
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HS2 will help
companies to transfer goods from the UK's busy motorway
network onto rail
freight. |
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Will help the government towards a reduction in Co2 by cutting
transport carbon |
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EuroStar passes over the elegant Medway
Viaduct part of the UK HS1 line to Connecting London to the
Euro Tunnel |
