show ad HS2 boss scraps plan for direct rail link from the North of England to Europe - so passengers will have to WALK between stations in London * £700million connection had been proposed between Euston and St Pancras * But Transport Secretary insists HS2-HS1 link does not offer 'good value' * Requires 'too many compromises on freight, passengers and Camden -- Train passengers will not get the chance to travel directly from Manchester or Leeds to mainland Europe on the new high-speed rail network, it was revealed last night. A £700million connection had been proposed between London Euston station - from where High Speed 2 will depart - and the High Speed 1 Channel Tunnel Eurostar terminal at London St Pancras. -- impacts on freight, passengers and the community in Camden’. Map: A £700million connection had been proposed between London Euston station - from where High Speed 2 (in yellow) will depart - and the High Speed 1 (in grey) Channel Tunnel Eurostar terminal at London St Pancras Map: A £700million connection had been proposed between London Euston station - from where High Speed 2 (in yellow) will depart - and the High Speed 1 (in grey) Channel Tunnel Eurostar terminal at London St Pancras Map: A £700million connection had been proposed between London Euston station - from where High Speed 2 (in yellow) will depart - and the High Speed 1 (in grey) Channel Tunnel Eurostar terminal at London St Pancras Mr McLoughlin announced yesterday that he was removing the HS2-HS1 link from the HS2 Bill currently going through Parliament - and would look at other ways of linking HS2 with the continent. Those hoping to use the HS2 line to get directly from the North to cities including Paris and Brussels will now have to make a short walk between the two stations in Central London. -- * Next * [article-2582371-1C59C9C000000578-990_87x84.jpg] 'Bring HS2 forward to revitalise the North': MPs urged to... [article-0-0F63F12C00000578-989_87x84.jpg] Start work on HS2 in the north at the same time as the south... * [article-0-04FEEA0000000514-867_87x84.jpg] Cost of £50bn High Speed 2 project will soar unless... -- Share Passengers will have to disembark at Euston, where the HS2 ends, and walk 700 yards to St Pancras to catch a connecting train. The average person would take seven minutes to walk that distance. HS2 boss Sir David Higgins recommended in a report launched yesterday in Manchester that the proposed link was ‘sub-optimal’. Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin has said it does not offer ¿good -- Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin has said it does not offer ¿good value¿ High Speed 2 (HS2) handout photo of chairman, Sir David Higgins High Speed 2 (HS2) handout photo of chairman, Sir David Higgins Scrapped: Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin (left) said the connection in London does not offer 'good value', and HS2 boss Sir David Higgins (right) recommended that the proposed link was 'sub-optimal' -- was a compromise on everything it did' Sir David Higgins, HS2 boss ‘We should look at what the other options [are] as simple as being able to get between the two stations either by Tube or by walking, as you do in Paris, or a very expensive high speed connection from further outside London to the North.’ It comes as Mr McLoughlin gave a green light to ‘ambitious’ plans by his high-speed tsar to fast-track the £50billion HS2 to the North. And he also signalled the return of a much loved landmark - the Euston -- When the lines could be finished When the lines could be finished Undated handout image of an artist's impression of an HS2 train on the Birmingham and Fazeley viaduct Undated handout image of an artist's impression of an HS2 train on the Birmingham and Fazeley viaduct Acceleration: Mr McLoughlin has given a green light to 'ambitious' plans by his high-speed tsar to fast-track the £50billion HS2 to the North -- He also backed plans for a much bigger revamp of Euston station - the HS2 London terminus - than the £1.2billion redevelopment currently planned. He said he was asking HS2 Ltd and Network Rail to ‘develop more comprehensive proposals for the development of Euston’. -- Share or comment on this article: HS2 scrap plan for North of England to Europe direct rail link *