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Sheffield’s HS2 connection: better, but still flawed

Graham Nalty, Boulton Moor, Derby DE24
22 July 2016
 

THE NEWS that the HS2 route through South Yorkshire  is to be changed is welcome news as Meadowhall was never the best location to serve Sheffield (‘HS2 to serve central Sheffield as Meadowhall faces the chop’ LTT 08 Jul). It is well-known that city centre stations on high-speed railways deliver much better patronage than stations outside. They also generate more new jobs.

In place would be a direct link off HS2 on to the classic network south of Sheffield, and also possibly to...

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