High Speed Rail

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    Hgh speed railway from Scotland to England: Salmond announces plans

    A high speed rail link from Scotland to England is in the pipeline and are to be discussed by the Scottish Government, first minister Alex Salmond has said. The plans could see a high speed rail built from the north in an independent Scotland

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    China launches longest high-speed rail line in the world

    Getty China has opened the world's longest high-speed rail line, which more than halves the time needed to travel from the country's capital in the north to Guangzhou in southern China. According to The Associated Press, the opening

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    'Poor value' HS2 high-speed rail gets go-ahead

    The controversial HS2 high-speed railway that will link London to Birmingham got the official go-ahead today, despite some transport experts suggesting it is a low value service and calling for road network improvements instead. The line will

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    New £32bn UK high speed rail link 'to be approved'

    PA A new high speed rail link between London and Birmingham is set to be approved, according to reports. Transport Secretary Justine Greening is supposedly set to give the High Speed2 (HS2) the green light next week. The 100-mile connection

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    The major impacts on property value

    Steve Parsons/PA The proposed high speed rail link is depressing house prices for thousands of homeowners on the route, ministers have warned transport secretary Justine Greening. Many homeowners feel helpless to stop tumbling property values,

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    FAILway: vital road projects shelved while 'low value' rail link considered

    Government cost-cutting has seen 96 vital road improvement projects cancelled or shelved - despite the fact that all will prove far greater value than the 'HS2' London-Midlands high speed rail link currently being proposed, and cost a