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HS2 rail line will run from London Euston to Crewe | LBC Exclusive
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6:33Now PlayingLBC's Henry Riley tells James O'Brien that the troubled HS2 rail line will now run from London Euston to Crewe in a move soon to be announced by the Government.
According to sources close to the project, Ministers have re-evaluated the cost-benefit of HS2 and concluded the line should continue beyond Birmingham.
It would reverse a decision made by the then-Prime Minister Rishi Sunak at his party's conference last year.
The route was originally scheduled to connect London, Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds, but was scaled back by the previous Conservative government who scrapped 'Phase 2’.
Phase 2a was to connect the West Midlands to Crewe, whilst ‘Phase 2b’ was from Crewe to Manchester.
LBC understands that Sir Keir Starmer is preparing to reverse the change to 'Phase 2a', as the route already has parliamentary approval - meaning the line will run from the capital beyond Birmingham to Crewe.
Insiders have told LBC that the Prime Minister held private discussions on the matter at last month's Labour Party conference and that the government had been planning to make a formal announcement in the new year.
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