HS2 no longer has anything to do with trains, let alone economics, politics or the north-south balance. Grant Shapps delays decision over HS2 rail line Read moreSo far, Johnson’s art of government has been to go with the flow, to follow the populist line of least resistance. Problems remain that would have killed a less lucrative rail project. But he must know that HS2 would suck all oxygen out of railway investment for the next two decades. An earlier version referred to the proposed frequency of trains on the HS2 route as being 18 a day.

Source: The Guardian January 24, 2020 06:00 UTC