This petition is in the interest of stopping the proposed HS2 train link between London and Birmingham. The proposed route will only decrease the travel time by 35 minutes from 1 hour and 24 minutes on the current system. It will cost between 17 and 18 billion pounds, whereas the government could update the existing system for 2 billion pounds. The governmnet is making large cuts (which are neccessary in the current economic climate), yet are spending on this project of extreme vanity, rather than efficiency.

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