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Since Labour announced plans for north-south high-speed rail network nearly 14 years ago, project has been beset by problems

With a margin of error of only a few months in long-term project to replace national platform,  department revealed that it was putting together a ‘contingency option’ to ensure continuity The Home Office has decided that it no longer needs to put in place a multimillion-pound contingency plan to

Costs have spiralled, delays have mounted—and the heart of the project may never be built. The beleaguered high-speed two is a case study in how not to do an infrastructure mega-project

The relationship between those profiting from these big projects and those in power is such that no one truly costs or controls them, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

With all delays on this train line over the last decade, it may have been a costly distraction from other projects that could have contributed to levelling up in the meantime.

Juliet Samuel: Adding HS2 to a long line of doomed infrastructure projects is a sure-fire way of ensuring the country grows poorer

Plans for HS2 emerged in 2009.

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HS2 has been a controversial project since plans emerged in 2009.

Only political expediency has kept this terrible mistake on the rails. Pull the brakes – and save Britain billions, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins