An artist's impression issued by HS2 of the proposed HS2 station at Euston. It's one of Britain's most ambitious transport projects: a high-speed rail network costing £56 billion (US$72.9 billion). Photo: Handout An artist's impression issued by HS2 of the proposed HS2 station at Euston. It's one of Britain's most ambitious transport projects: a high-speed rail network costing £56 billion (US$72.9 billion). Photo: Handout
An artist's impression issued by HS2 of the proposed HS2 station at Euston. It's one of Britain's most ambitious transport projects: a high-speed rail network costing £56 billion (US$72.9 billion). Photo: Handout
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China presses on with interest in UK’s high speed rail project with high level meeting in Beijing

  • HS2 is the largest high speed rail project in Europe, but there are growing concerns in the UK about its cost and economic benefit
  • Members of China’s government and biggest state-owned railway companies met with HS2 chief executive Mark Thurston in Beijing earlier this month

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Amanda Lee
Amanda Lee

Updated: 11:10pm, 16 Apr, 2019

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An artist's impression issued by HS2 of the proposed HS2 station at Euston. It's one of Britain's most ambitious transport projects: a high-speed rail network costing £56 billion (US$72.9 billion). Photo: Handout An artist's impression issued by HS2 of the proposed HS2 station at Euston. It's one of Britain's most ambitious transport projects: a high-speed rail network costing £56 billion (US$72.9 billion). Photo: Handout
An artist's impression issued by HS2 of the proposed HS2 station at Euston. It's one of Britain's most ambitious transport projects: a high-speed rail network costing £56 billion (US$72.9 billion). Photo: Handout
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