What is High Speed 2?
{{Infobox rail line | name = High Speed 2 | type = High-speed railway | system = National Rail | start = London Euston | tracks = Double track }} [[File:High Speed 2 phases map 2023.png|thumb|250px|Original HS2 'Y' plan illustrating previously planned phases]] '''High Speed 2''' ('''HS2''') is a planned [[high-speed rail]]way line in the [[United Kingdom]]. It will go between [[London]] and Handsacre near Birmingham. The railway will be the country's second high-speed line, the first being [[HS1]], which linked London to the [[Channel Tunnel]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.networkrail.co.uk/stories/the-architecture-the-railways-built-the-selby-diversion/ | title=The Architecture the Railways Built - the Selby Diversion | date=18 October 2021 }}{{Dead link|date=September 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> [[London]], [[Birmingham]] and [[Birmingham Airport]] will be served by HS2. Phase 2b to Leeds was cancelled in 2021 and Phase 2a to Manchester was cancelled in 2023. == References == {{reflist}} {{multistub|transport|uk}} [[Category:Railway lines of England]] [[Category:High-speed rail]]