Can the world's most expensive railway be saved?
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Additional footage and images: High Speed 2 (HS2) Ltd, BBC, Birmingham TV, Channel 4 News, Crossrail Ltd, EDF Energy, 5 News, Gilles San Martin, Good Morning Britain, ITV News, Sky News, 10 Downing Street, The Guardian, The Straits Times and Times Radio.
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00:00 Intro
02:24 Why HS2?
07:06 On site in London
14:52 Outside the Capital
16:28 The Problems
20:07 The New Reality
21:20 What Went Wrong?
23:53 Why So Expensive?
27:28 The Reset
32:11 A Northern Revival?
34:12 Still Worth It?
36:41 Conclusion
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