HS2 route: Birmingham to Leeds in one minute

Name: HS2 route: Birmingham to Leeds in one minute
Uploaded: 2013-01-28T16:00:02.000Z
Duration: 1 min 6 s
Description: The preferred route for HS2 - the high speed rail link between London and Leeds - has two legs, the second going north from Birmingham to Toton near Nottingham, Sheffield and then Leeds.

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Details of the next phase of the £32bn HS2 high-speed rail network have been unveiled by the government.

The preferred route of phase two goes north from Birmingham along two branches; one line will pass through Crewe, Manchester Airport and Manchester city centre while the other will go to Leeds via Toton near Nottingham and Sheffield.

28 January 2013