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High Speed 2 (HS2) is a planned high-speed railway in the United Kingdom linking London, Birmingham, Leeds and Manchester.〔 It would be the second high-speed rail line in Britain, the first being the High Speed 1 line connecting London to the Channel Tunnel. The line is to be built in a "Y" configuration in two phases, with construction work on the first phase set to begin in 2017, reach Birmingham by 2026, Crewe by 2027 and be completed in 2033. Carlisle, Crewe, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Liverpool, Newcastle, Preston and York will be linked to the network by HS2 trains running over existing slower, tracks, or edge-of-town HS2 stations. Although Parliament has approved the first two phases of construction, precise details of the plan and route have not been formalised, and are still open to negotiation and change. For example, the spur to Heathrow airport was dropped from phases one and two in March 2015,〔http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-31814933〕 while the Crewe Hub has been added to the scheme. In November 2015, Transport for the North (TfN) proposed a four-track trans-Pennine railway line, HS3, that would link with the HS2 line to London, and a new Liverpool-Manchester airport-Manchester railway line also linked to HS2. A feasibility study of the west to east rail line and its branches into HS2 will be published in March 2016.〔http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8ac1e8d2-8a0e-11e5-90de-f44762bf9896.html#axzz3rowUsmVr〕 The project is being developed by High Speed Two (HS2) Ltd, a company limited by guarantee and established by the UK government. The Department for Transport estimated the cost to be £43 billion; a study by the Institute of Economic Affairs suggested a total cost of £80 billion. ==Political support== High-speed rail is officially supported by the Labour, Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties, and opposed by the UK Independence Party and Green Party. Some Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrat politicians do not support their party line, and oppose the HS2 scheme in detail; some support proposals for alternative routes; and some reject the whole principle of high-speed rail. The Conservative–Liberal Democrat coalition government formed in May 2010 stated in its initial programme for government its commitment to creating a high-speed rail network. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「High Speed 2」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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