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Old Posted Mar 12, 2010, 4:19 AM
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High speed rail network plans unveiled
A 335-mile y-shaped high speed rail network carrying trains running at 250mph is set to link major cities across England under plans unveiled by Lord Adonis, the Transport Secretary.

By David Millward, Transport Editor
Published: 1:51PM GMT 11 Mar 2010

His detailed blueprint, slicing through the Chiltern Hills, will bring the centre of Birmingham 49 minutes from the heart of London, while Leeds, Sheffield and Manchester would only be 75 minutes away from the capital.

In addition a new interchange in the West Midlands would mean that Birmingham Airport could be reached from London in only 31 minutes, roughly the same time as it takes to get to Gatwick currently.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukne...-unveiled.html
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The plans, announced today by Transport Secretary Lord Adonis, were based on a report on HSR by Whitehall-commissioned body HS2.

Running from Euston in London, the first part of the route - from London to Birmingham - would start in 2017, cost between £15.8 billion and £17.4 billion and reduce the journey time between the UK's two biggest cities to between 30 and 50 minutes.

This line could be completed by 2026 and after that there would be two additional forks either side of the Pennines forming a Y-shaped route.

The west-sided fork would go to Manchester, with the east-side one passing through the East Midlands to Sheffield and Leeds.

Both of the forks would then link with existing lines to Newcastle, Glasgow and Edinburgh.

Journey times between London and Manchester, Leeds and Sheffield would come down from around two hours 10 minutes now to 75 minutes when the new network is in place. London to Glasgow and Edinburgh journey times would be reduced to just three and a half hours.

The Birmingham city centre station for the HSR network would be at Curzon Street and there would be an interchange station with the cross-London Crossrail project west of Paddington at Old Oak Common in west London as well as an interchange station near to Birmingham airport.

Journey times between Old Oak Common and Birmingham airport would be as quick as 31 minutes.

Lord Adonis said the Crossrail Interchange station near Paddington would provide an 11-minute express service to Heathrow.

But he did not entirely rule out the west London airport having its own HSR station, announcing that former Tory transport secretary Lord Mawhinney had been asked to advise on the best way forward for Heathrow.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk...d-1919672.html
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