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Liverpool and HS2

Mr Sloman is absolutely right. The enormous benefits of HS2 to the home of inter-city rail would translate into equally massive benefits for the North West, North Wales and rest of the UK. Liverpool's inclusion significantly improves the overall CBR of HS2 and, frankly, its exclusion to date can only be attributed to political expedience on the part of the DfT and rank incompetence on the part of HS2 Ltd.

Liverpool always featured in Network Rail's draft proposal for a national high speed network, so it's great to see the push towards a more holistic and effective result finally gain some traction.

HS2 direct to Liverpool is a no-brainer; it is also the logical springing point for HS3 across the breadth of northern England. Hopefully the key decision makers will wise up to reality, interrogate the correct data in a fair and transparent way and come to obvious conclusion that Liverpool must form a part of the captive HS2 network.

Re: Liverpool launches campaign to bring HS2 to the city