HS2 steel will be at least 95% British-made, indicates Secretary

21 November 2016

Chris Grayling confirmed the majority of the route for the proposed £55.7 billion high speed railway earlier this week.

Labour’s Nic Dakin who represents Scunthorpe, a major hub for UK steel production, said during transport questions in the Commons: “I very much welcome the minister’s very positive comments about the quality of British steel and that 95% of steel in rail is UK steel.

Grayling said HS2 is a great engineering project for the United Kingdom.

Phase 1 of HS2 is due to open in December 2026 and it will see trains travel between London and Birmingham before proceeding from Birmingham on to the existing West Coast Main Line.

A second Y-shaped phase will then open in two stages with phase 2a from the West Midlands to Crewe due to launch in 2027.

Phase 2b, from Crewe to Manchester and from the West Midlands to Leeds, South Yorkshire and the East Midlands, will open in 2033.

Source – Telegraph UK