Plans to take high speed rail to Liverpool ‘quiety dropped’
The Liverpool Daily Post has claimed that plans to take a high speed rail line to the edge of Liverpool ‘have been quiet dumped, apparently to save money’.
High Speed Two was ‘expected to run at its top speed’ to Manchester and then slow down to run through Liverpool Lime Street.
The news agency claims that trains ‘will now switch to standard speed around 50 miles further south, at a point just north of Birmingham’.
This means that journeys from Liverpool to London will be a ‘full 38 minutes slower than Manchester to London’.
Maria Eagle, the Garston and Halewood MP and Labour’s transport spokeswoman, said:
“I will be writing to ministers, to demand an explanation for this sneaky move.
“They clearly see getting to Manchester as more important than getting to Liverpool, yet are failing to be upfront and honest about a slower journey time than in the original plans.”
