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Newly-built homes in Yorkshire face destruction, as Government reveals HS2
routes

   High-speed trains will run from London to Birmingham and then on to
   Manchester and Leeds beginning in 2026
     * Neil Lancefield ,
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   More than a dozen new homes in South Yorkshire will need to be
   demolished to make way for the new HS2 railway line after the
   Government unveiled the route for the section phase of the £55.7bn
   project.
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   Sixteen properties in Mexborough will be bulldozed to make way for the
   high-speed railway, the Department for Transport (DfT) said.

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     * Don't fall for the HS2 lies – it won't help the North

   Residents will lose their homes because ministers decided the line
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   to run trains to Meadowhall shopping centre were shelved.

   The Western branch of the HS2 line will connect the West Midlands with
   Manchester via Crewe.

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   Mr Grayling decided not to proceed with a proposal to move the line to
   the east of Measham, Leicestershire.
   The proposed route for the HS2 high-speed rail scheme in the
   north-west, East Midlands and Yorkshire (PA)

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   Meanwhile, Ed Miliband has accused Mr Grayling of a "gross discourtesy"
   after it emerged the announcement on the final route for HS2 was likely
   to be "sneaked out" in a written statement.

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     * HS2 'will be most expensive railway on Earth at £403m a mile'

   Earlier on Monday, troubled construction giant Carillion was among
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   and viaducts constructed between London and Birmingham.

   High-speed trains are expected to begin operating between London and
   Birmingham in 2026.

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   to deliver an economy that works for all.

   "HS2 will deliver vital links between some of our country's biggest
   cities, helping to drive economic growth and productivity in the North
   and Midlands.

   "As well as providing desperately needed new seats and better
   connecting our major cities, HS2 will help re-balance our economy.

   "We will now get on with building the railway, while continuing to
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   during construction and have disastrous environmental consequences.

   Joe Rukin, of the Stop HS2 campaign, said: "The case for HS2 has been
   invented by the very cheerleaders who intend to rake in billions of
   taxpayers' money which is desperately needed elsewhere, so it really is
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   In February, Parliament granted powers to build the first phase of the
   line, which will see trains travel at high-speed between London and
   Birmingham before running on from Birmingham on the existing West Coast
   Main Line.
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   and Leeds, is due to open in 2033.
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   The proposed route for the HS2 high-speed rail scheme in the
   north-west, East Midlands and Yorkshire
   PA