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Plans for HS2 stations ‘should begin next year - Yorkshire Post Influential Commons committee throws its weight behind HS2 - Yorkshire Post HS2 'needed' to avert capacity crisis on Britain's railways, say MPs - Daily Telegraph Grant Woodward: Boris is right – we need less conversation and more action - Yorkshire Post Richard Lewis: The logical solution to region’s transport conundrum - Yorkshire Post City's business leaders back HS2 rail link - Telegraph & Argus Northern rail routes to benefit if HS2 gets approval - Yorkshire Post Corporate giants backing the HS2 rail link - Yorkshire Post Simon Reevell: If we decide we need HS2... let’s get on with it - Yorkshire Post Warning of delays lasting 14 years if HS2 axed - Yorkshire Post Our leaders must find the backbone to build a world-class rail link to the North - Yorkshire Post The case for high-speed rail -Yorkshire Post HS2 vital even at over £50bn says business - Yorkshire Post HS2 supporters slam ex-Chancellor Alistair Darling's criticism of rail project - Manchester Evening News HS2 ‘vital for North’ despite claim that cost could hit £80bn -Yorkshire Post HS2 may bring benefits across Yorkshire says Network Rail - Yorkshire Post PM insists HS2 will bring big benefits - Yorkshire Evening Post Changes to HS2 could put region in line for extra £800m boost - Yorkshire Post Minister pledges: Southern critics can’t derail HS2 plan - Yorkshire Evening Post Taskforce to secure maximum HS2 benefits - Yorkshire Post Leeds, York & North Yorkshire Chamber welcomes HS2 It’s time to speed up transport revolution - Anne Widdecombe, The Express 70,000 jobs in Leeds railway revolution - Yorkshire Evening Post High speed rail line ‘a shot in the arm’ for economy - Yorkshire Post Government will fast-track HS2 rail plans Transport Secretary - Daily Telegraph Minister - 'We will fast-track HS2 high speed rail' - The Independent HS2 is a northern railway too - The Guardian High-speed link vital for Yorkshire economy – Yorkshire Evening Post HS2 will go ahead and be a thing of beauty, says Justine Greening - Daily Telegraph North needs HS2 and Northern Hub - Insider Media Ltd Push for fast track to North as high-speed rail wins go-ahead – Yorkshire Post Ministers pushed to guarantee HS2 links to North - Yorkshire Post Green light for high-speed rail route to Leeds - Yorkshire Post An ambitious project for an ambitious nation - Daily Telegraph Double-decker trains could run on high speed rail network - The Guardian British businesses in support of High Speed 2 MPs call for train revolution to begin in North - Yorkshire Post MPs say High-speed rail project will boost economy - Guardian Call to start building HS2 high-speed rail line at both ends - Guardian Transport chief's funding plea as North-South divide widens - Yorkshire Post MPs say HS2 rail link should start in north of England -Sunday Telegraph Campaign for High Speed Rail refutes opposition myths Opponents of this visionary high-speed rail project are guilty of a Big Lie, Nicholas Faith, The Independent Transport secretary's high-speed rail pledge welcomed - Guardian HS2: the fast-track fix for bridging the North-South divide – DailyTelegraph A million jobs hinge on green light for fast trains- Yorkshire Post Mid Yorkshire chamber welcomes pledge on high-speed rail for Yorkshire - Huddersfield Examiner Minister urges high-speed rail supporters to speak up quickly – Yorkshire Post High-speed rail link between London & Birmingham could earn the government between £6bn and £7bn Engineers back high-speed rail plan – The Independent New anti-HS2 report dubbed 'massively misleading' – Railnews.co.uk Yorkshire business leaders argue case for high-speed rail – Guardian '£4bn benefits' of high-speed rail - Yorkshire Post New rail link a safe bet, insist business leaders – Yorkshire Post London Tube 'blackmail' angers Northern high-speed rail lobby – Yorkshire Post Yorkshire fights back against home counties' high speed rail opposition – The Guardian Hammond says Leeds high speed rail route is 'last chance to close north-south divide' - Yorkshire Post 'Leeds trolleybus critical to maximising benefits of high speed rail' says Joseph – Yorkshire Post MPs order review of £32bn high-speed rail plan North-South battle intensifies over high-speed rail route Hammond calls on business community to get the HS2 jobs message across Minister hails 'vote of confidence' in high-speed rail link - Yorkshire Post Leeds HS2 link - more reaction – LOL! 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Preferred HS2 route to north revealed - RailNews.co.uk Reaction to HS2 announcement - Rail.co 'Positive impact' for Kirklees as HS2 rail route unveiled – Huddersfield Examiner Chesham and Amersham MP calls for HS2 to be built from north to south - Bucks Free Press Line’s northern extension hailed as victory for lobbying – Yorkshire Post New Leeds and Sheffield rail lines - full details – Yorkshire Post Route of new HS2 high-speed rail network unveiled - The York Press Superfast train plan set to be unveiled – Telegraph & Argus Transport Secretary announces HS2 rail link plans – The Telegraph This bold vision will keep Britain on track – The Telegraph David Cameron: HS2 vital for Britain – The Telegraph Leeds to get new HS2 high-speed rail station – BBC News Leeds & West Yorkshire George Osborne says HS2 route is engine for growth -BBC News Business High-speed rail route phase two details announced - BBC News 70,000 jobs in Leeds railway revolution - Yorkshire Evening Post HS2 means investment and jobs for the North High Speed Rail line to come through South Leeds