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High speed fail: How the Government broke its HS2 promises
Season 1
Episode 850
Published 3 years, 1 month ago
Description
HS2 has been beset with calamity – what promises have the Government broken on this flagship project? Christian Wolmar, journalist and train expert, joins Ros Taylor to discuss what has gone wrong and why it’s so hard to build a high-speed railway in Britain.
- “HS2 is costing £100 million a week – imagine the end cost.”
- “We never holistically planned the project, and we’ve muddled through to huge costs.”
- “Building a high-speed rail from a poor to rich area impoverishes the poor area.”
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Written and presented by Ros Taylor. Assistant producer: Kasia Tomasiewicz. Lead producer: Jacob Jarvis. Bunker music by Kenny Dickinson. Audio production by Jade Bailey. Group editor: Andrew Harrison. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production
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