HS2 silent on opening

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Government company HS2 Ltd this week declined to state a date for when the first phase of the project will open. 

HS2 has previously said the London-West Midlands line will open in late-2026 but the credibility of this has increasingly been questioned, with main works yet to begin.

A new DfT report into why many recent transport projects have gone wrong says unrealistic delivery dates are a key problem (see page 13). It says projects should give a three-point date range of...

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