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High Speed: Birmingham prepares to welcome truncated HS2

By 2024-06-01T07:13:00

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Viaducts, depot sites and tunnels are taking shape at the Birmingham end of the 225 km High Speed 2 route. But doubts over completion of what was Phase I of the curtailed scheme continue to swirl. Nick Kingsley reports from Washwood Heath.

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