Responding to HS2 reports, John Dickie, Chief Executive at 91, said:
“Cutting HS2 off from central London is the antithesis of talking up Britain and would end up creating a second class rail service for passengers to and from the Midlands and North.
HS2 needs a laser-like focus on cost control, particularly during a period of high inflation, but one sure-fire way to inflate costs is to continually meddle with the scope.
With diggers are already in the ground at Euston, ministers must stop messing about with the plans and seize this once in a generation opportunity to create a world-class, high speed, capacity boosting city centre to city centre rail line that will transform connectivity between England’s major cities.”