Eastern leg of HS2 cancelled

Government says £96m Integrated Rail Plan will deliver improvements for North and Midlands

The Integrated Rail Plan

The Integrated Rail Plan

The Birmingham to Leeds leg of the HS2 high-speed rail line has been scrapped and a full high-speed east-west line linking Manchester to Leeds will not be built, with the UK government instead announcing a series of measures that it claims will transform services in the Midlands and North.

The Integrated Rail Plan (IRP) promises a £96bn package of rail construction and upgrades intended to enhance both east to west and north to south links, build three new high-speed lines, as well as...

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