Policy paper

HS2: proposed development and strategy

Setting out proposals for development of a core high speed rail network and a high speed rail strategy.

• From: Department for Transport and High Speed Two (HS2) Limited
• Published: 11 March 2010

This was published under the 2007 to 2010 Brown Labour government

This publication was withdrawn on 13 February 2018

For the latest information about high speed rail see HS2: developing a new high speed rail network.

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High speed rail

Ref: ISBN 9780101782722, Cm. 7827

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This command paper sets out our proposed strategy for high speed rail.

As a first stage it proposes the development of a core high speed rail network linking London to Manchester and Leeds via Birmingham, with high speed services connecting directly to other cities in northern England and Scotland from the outset.

Published 11 March 2010