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HS2 Railway Line, London to Birmingham, UK
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Mind Map on HS2 Railway Line, London to Birmingham, UK, created by Elsa Parkinson on 09/04/2015.
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HS2 Railway Line, London to Birmingham, UK
The HS2
400m long trains with up to 1100 seats.
Will operate up to 250mph (faster than any other trains in Europe)
Two phases
A railway line between London and the West Midlands
A line from Birmingham to Manchester and Leeds
Will be intermediate stations in East Midlands and South Yorksire
Good points
Creates about 100,000 jobs
Encourages people to use public transport
Reduces travel times
Reduce pollution from cars
Bring more investment to Birmingham
Bad points
Damages the enviroment and disturbs wildlife
It will cost about £50 billion
Churches will have to re-bury the dead
Homes will lose a lot of value
Fishing lakes will be destroyed
People for the HS2
Commuters - Reduce travel time
The unemployed - More jobs
Business owners - Willgiver them more opportunities
Government - Bring Britain up to date with other countries
People against the HS2
Homeowners - Houses near the line will decrease in value
Environmentalists - Don't want to see the countryside being built on
Farmers - Will lose land and money
Fisherman - Wont have places to go fishing
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