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   The Guardian 🤖 (theguardian@mas.to)'s status on Tuesday, 16-Dec-2025 22:38:59 JST The Guardian 🤖

   ‘We hate it. It’s desecration’: the real cost of HS2

   #theguardian

   https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2025/dec/16/we-hate-it-its-desecration-the-real-cost-of-hs2

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     HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴 (histopol@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 16-Dec-2025 22:38:59 JST HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴

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     👉#Britan's plan to build the world's most expensive (vanity) railroad delayed once again:👈

     "...When complete, #HS2 will almost certainly be the most expensive railway in the world. Nearly 20 years ago, HS1, the line from the Channel tunnel to St Pancras, was completed on time and on budget for £51m per mile (£87m in today’s prices). It was criticised for being 2x as expensive as a high-speed route constructed in France. 👉HS2 may cost almost £1bn per mile👈."

     https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2025/dec/16/we-hate-it-its-desecration-the-real-cost-of-hs2