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  • Doozergirl
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    edited 19 February 2019 at 11:46PM
    snowcat75 wrote: »
    HS2?????? or cross rail…

    Last time I checked, Cross Rail wasn't coming to Birmingham. ;):). Groundworks have started.
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  • snowcat75
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    Doozergirl wrote: »
    Last time I checked, Cross Rail wasn't coming to Birmingham. ;):). Groundworks have started.

    Cross rail didn't come through rural Essex either, but works were going in the sounding Estuary's 50 miles away contractors were fabricating materials all over the UK... Didn't realise funding for HS2 was fully approved yet.
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