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In his final days as Prime Minister, Gordon Brown promised to invest £20bn in a high-speed rail line that would ferry thousands of commuters from the north to the south of England.
It has been controversial since plans for the rail line first emerged in 2009.
What was originally planned for HS2 and what will the change mean for journey times?
HS2’s budget has ballooned, with costs reportedly breaching £100 billion
HS2 has been a controversial project since plans emerged in 2009.Here is a timeline of key events:Prime Minister Boris Johnson marks the project’s formal beginning of construction at an event in Solihull, West Midlands, in September 2020 (Andrew Fo...