The eastern leg of HS2 to Leeds has been scrapped and a full high-speed east-west line linking Manchester to Leeds will not be built, the government confirmed yesterday.
It said it had made the changes as faster train journeys would be delivered earlier and cheaper under the new £96bn rail plan.
The high-speed rail network will still go ahead to Manchester but will be curtailed at an existing East Midlands station rather than run from Birmingham to Leeds.
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