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The first major account of HS2 – and how it went so badly wrong
‘A sprightly account of a monumental mistake. It makes the unbelievable readable.’ Sir Michael Palin
‘High Speed 2’ was to be the crowning glory of Britain’s rail network. The first intercity railway to be built north of London in over a century, it would connect London with Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds, bridging the north and south of England and bringing Britain’s infrastructure into the 21st century.
Hobbled by mismanagement, cost overruns and incompetence, HS2 collapsed. What remains is a bloody amputation between Birmingham and the outskirts of London – Euston, London’s central terminus, remains tantalisingly out of reach. It has all cost taxpayers tens of billions.
Sally Gimson meets the politicians, engineers and ordinary people affected by HS2’s failure. Travelling from devastated boroughs in Camden to ghost towns along the now-cancelled northern branch, Off the Rails offers a forensic examination of how a vital social proposal came off the rails.
‘Deeply researched.’ Daily Telegraph
‘Forensic, gripping.’ Sir Ivor Crewe
‘Perceptive, fair and ultimately furious.’ Financial Times
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- Oneworld Publications
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- Construction & Building Works
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- English
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- Soft
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- 9781836432241
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