Twenty miles more HS2 would put Liverpool into a new railways age

摘要

At first sight, Liverpool and its region does not fare too badly from High Speed 2 (HS2). Journey times to London will be reduced by 28 minutes and there will be a doubling of frequency. But we at 20 More Miles are not happy. HS2 Ltd itself has provided the answer. Its September 2013 report, produced by consultant KPMG, states that Liverpool could lose up to £50M per annum as a direct result of HS2 - an extraordinary outturn for a project hailed as "rebalancing the economy".