HS2 will call at North London (Old Oak Common), and then spur off to LHR, then off to Birmingham and then possibly Manchester, Leeds and Scotland.
Not quite.
Phase 1 only goes as far as Brum / Lichfield.
Phase 2 will go to Manchester and Leeds, with as-yet undefined links to the ECML / WCML to head north.
It will
NOT go to Scotland, where it might pick up passengers from air, yet HS2 Ltd are claiming it will still take 81% -
yes 81% of the WHOLE market between London and Scotland.
So sadly, I think we will be seeing history repeat itself again - different projections, more users no doubt, but also
significantly higher costs per mile and outright, still no
hub airports served either.