Integrating HS2 with local transport and land-use planning ‘vital’ says DfT

20 January 2012

Birmingham: leaders planning Metro extension to serve both HS2 stations

The construction of HS2 is likely to drive the demand for major investment in local transport networks to serve HS2 stations.

Political leaders in the West Midlands have begun exploring the case for a second Midland Metro line linking Birmingham city centre with major development sites in the east and south-east of the city – including the two HS2 stations.

The new line would start at New Street and serve the proposed HS2 station at Curzon Street, major urban...

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