Delay from 2026 to 2043.
To be fair, 17mins is less of a delay than usual.
Gareth Jones
in 2010 ministers said phase 1 of High-Speed 2 (from Old Oak Common to Birmingham) would be finished by 2026
now the completion date has been pushed back to between 2036 and 2039
with the final leg to Euston not set to be finished until as late as 2043
price tag up from £80bn to £103bn
