Or that's the view of HS2's main proponent, Philip Hammond, the Transport Secretary:
"Uncomfortable fact number one is that the railway is already relatively a rich man's toy. People who use the railway on average have significantly higher income - simple fact."
So not for the likes of you and me then! And not a great way of improving the North's economy either.
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I suspect its main economic impact will be to turn Birmingham into London's fifth airport and the west midlands into its back office.
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