Useful Links
The following list sets out details of where to find further information about HS2. Click on the word here after the description to take you to the relevant site.
Department for Transport
The Department for Transport's page for rail with links to official documents on HS2 here
The Department for Transport’s microsite on HS2 here
DfT's main page for Phase 2 - with links to official documents here
Detailed Department for Transport Documents on HS2
Objectives and Remit of HS2 here
High Speed Rail - Command Paper. A Command Paper setting policy on high speed rail. March 2010 here
Road and Rail Alternative Study. A report commissioned by Department for Transport from Atkins to consider potential strategic road and rail alternatives to High Speed Two. March 2010 here
High Speed Rail London to the West Midlands and Beyond: A Report to Government by High Speed Two Limited. March 2010 here
Proposed High Speed Rail Strategy for Consultation - as announced 20 December 2010 here
High Speed Rail Consultation documentation February 2011 here
Government decision to proceed with HS2 January 2012 here
High Speed Rail Strategic Alternatives Study January 2012 here
Maps
Phase 1 Proposed route maps as announced 28 February 2011 by DfT here
Phase 1 Proposed revised line of route maps as announced 10 January 2012 by DfT here
Phase 2 Proposed route maps as announced 28 January 2013 by DfT here
Heathrow Spur recommended route & station as developed by HS2 Ltd here (work on this route is "paused" but it may become part of Phase 2 after Airports Commission report published in 2015)
Parliament
House of Commons Transport Select Committee on high speed rail here
House of Commons Public Account Committee on HS1 and the implications for HS2 here
House of Commons November 2011 research paper summarising arguments for and against HS2 here
Network Rail
Network Rail website on HS2 here
HS2 Ltd
HS2 Ltd website here
Phase 2 Exceptional Hardship Scheme consultation here
Campaigns and Other Useful Information
51m here
Better Than HS2 here
Berks, Bucks & Oxon Wildlife Trust here
Chilterns Conservation Board here
Commission to Protect Rural England here
Chiltern Society here
Chiltern Countryside Group here
Email Your MP About HS2 here
Knight Frank pages on HS2 here
Stop HS2 here
US Congressional Research Service on High Speed Rail here
Wildlife Trusts on HS2 here
Woodland Trust here
Blogs
Beleben-An informed sceptic here
Environmental impacts of HS2 here
HS2 Questions here
HS2 The Regional Impact here
Christian Wolmar’s Blog here
Warwickshire County Council Blog here
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