High Speed 2

High Speed 2 (HS2) is a planned high-speed railway line in the United Kingdom. It will go between London and Handsacre near Birmingham. The railway will be the country's second high-speed line, the first being HS1, which linked London to the Channel Tunnel. London, Birmingham and Birmingham Airport will be served by HS2. Phase 2b to Leeds was cancelled in 2021 and Phase 2a to Manchester was cancelled in 2023.

High Speed 2
Overview
Type	High-speed railway
System	National Rail
Termini	London Euston

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Original HS2 'Y' plan illustrating previously planned phases

High Speed 2 Media

• HS2 phase 1.png

  Phase 1 of HS2: London to Birmingham

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  Euston Terminus and the nearby terminus of High Speed 1 at St Pancras

• Willesden Junction map with Old Oak Common.png

  Planned transport links of Old Oak Common railway station

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  The proposed "Birmingham Interchange"

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  Work underway on clearing the site at Birmingham Curzon Street in January 2020

• HS2 construction near Leamington Spa, aerial 2021 (3), geograph 6947416 by Chris.jpg

  HS2 construction near Leamington Spa in August 2021

• HS2 vector map.jpg

  A map of proposed HS2 services with fully open Phase 2

• HS2 train.jpg

  Proposed design of HS2 rolling stock by Hitachi and Alstom joint venture

• HS2 viaduct due to span middle ring road, Birmingham.jpg

  The viaduct due to carry HS2 over Birmingham's middle ring road, constructed on a site adjacent to that road. The Grand Junction Railway viaduct into Curzon Street station, completed in 1838, is in the background