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HS2 was meant to be the railway of the future, but more than a decade on the project is mired in uncertainty.
Rail experts looked across the channel at Franceâs new high-speed TGV network and dreamed of a similar service here.
But speed helped attract politicians to it with the promise of a super quick connection between London and Birmingham , with trains racing further north to Leeds and Manchester .
HS2 was not the main issue of the moment when it was approved by Parliament in 2017 .
The government was teetering on the brink, trying to deal with the daily hourly pressures of the Brexit negotiation.
By the time of the vote, many believed the likely costs would be much more than the budgeted Â55.7 billion.
In depth: The handling of HS2 should be like a morality tale in Whitehall .
Some say, irrespective of the cost, in the end the nation will be grateful for HS2.
But few projects overspend on such a massive scale and deliver so much less than was promised.
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