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176 relations: A413 road, Acton–Northolt line, Advocacy group, Amersham, Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis, Ardwick, Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, Arup Group, Aston le Walls, Atkins (company), Aylesbury, Balfour Beatty, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust, Birmingham, Birmingham Curzon Street railway station, Birmingham Post, Bouygues, Brackley, Bramley, Rotherham, Brian Mawhinney, British Rail, Burton Green, Camden London Borough Council, Camden Market, Cameron–Clegg coalition, Carillion, Central Railway (UK), Chalk Farm, Channel 4 News, Channel Tunnel, Chesterfield railway station, Chiltern Main Line, Chipping Warden, Clay Cross, Claydon railway station, Clayton, South Yorkshire, Coleshill, Warwickshire, Command paper, Committee of Selection (House of Commons), Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party Conference, Costain Group, Crewe, Crossrail, Crossrail 2, David Higgins (businessman), David Rowlands (civil servant), Department for Transport, Derby, Doncaster, ... Expand index (126 more) »
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A413 road
The A413 is a major road in England that runs between Denham (west of London) to Towcester (northwest of Milton Keynes).
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Acton–Northolt line
The Acton–Northolt line (ANL), otherwise known as the New North Main Line (NNML), is a railway line in West London, England.
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Advocacy group
Advocacy groups, also known as lobby groups, interest groups, special interest groups, pressure groups, or public associations, use various forms of advocacy or lobbying to influence public opinion and ultimate public policy.
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Amersham
Amersham is a market town and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, in the Chiltern Hills, northwest of central London, south-east of Aylesbury and north-east of High Wycombe.
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Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis
Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis, (born Andreas Adonis; 22 February 1963) is a British Labour Party politician and journalist who served in HM Government for five years in the Blair ministry and the Brown ministry.
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Ardwick
Ardwick is a district of Manchester, England, one mile south-east of the city centre. The population at the 2011 census was 19,250. Historically in Lancashire, by the mid-nineteenth century Ardwick had grown from being a village into a pleasant and wealthy suburb of Manchester, but by the end of that century became heavily industrialised.
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Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
An Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB;, AHNE) is one of 46 areas of countryside in England, Wales, or Northern Ireland that has been designated for conservation due to its significant landscape value.
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Arup Group
Arup (officially Arup Group Limited) is a British multinational professional services firm headquartered in London that provides design, engineering, architecture, planning, and advisory services across every aspect of the built environment.
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Aston le Walls
Aston le Walls is a village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, England, close by the border with Oxfordshire.
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Atkins (company)
Atkins was a British multinational construction, design, engineering and business services company.
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Aylesbury
Aylesbury is the county town of Buckinghamshire, South East England.
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Balfour Beatty
Balfour Beatty plc is an international infrastructure group based in the United Kingdom with capabilities in construction services, support services and infrastructure investments.
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Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust
The Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust (BBOWT), is a Wildlife Trust covering the counties of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire in England.
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Birmingham
Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England.
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Birmingham Curzon Street railway station
Birmingham Curzon Street railway station is the planned northern terminus of High Speed 2 on the fringe of Birmingham city centre, England. History of High Speed 2 and Birmingham Curzon Street railway station are high Speed 2.
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Birmingham Post
The Birmingham Post is a weekly printed newspaper based in Birmingham, England, with distribution throughout the West Midlands. First published under the name the Birmingham Daily Post in 1857, it has had a succession of distinguished editors and has played an influential role in the life and politics of the city.
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Bouygues
Bouygues S.A. is a French engineering group headquartered in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France.
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Brackley
Brackley is a market town and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, in Northamptonshire, England, bordering Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire, from Oxford and from Northampton.
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Bramley, Rotherham
Bramley is a village and civil parish of the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham in South Yorkshire, England.
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Brian Mawhinney
Brian Stanley Mawhinney, Baron Mawhinney, (26 July 1940 – 9 November 2019) was a British Conservative politician.
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British Rail
British Railways (BR), which from 1965 traded as British Rail, was a state-owned company that operated most rail transport in Great Britain from 1948 to 1997.
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Burton Green
Burton Green is a village and civil parish in the Warwick district of the county of Warwickshire, England, some northwest of Kenilworth (where the population can be found in Abbey Ward) and southwest of Coventry.
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Camden London Borough Council
Camden London Borough Council, also known as Camden Council, is the local authority for the London Borough of Camden in Greater London, England.
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Camden Market
The Camden markets are a number of adjoining large retail markets, often collectively referred to as Camden Market or Camden Lock, located in the historic former Pickfords stables, in Camden Town, London.
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Cameron–Clegg coalition
The Cameron–Clegg coalition was formed by David Cameron and Nick Clegg when Cameron was invited by Queen Elizabeth II to form a government, following the resignation of Prime Minister Gordon Brown on 11 May 2010, after the general election on 6 May.
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Carillion
Carillion plc was a British multinational construction and facilities management services company headquartered in Wolverhampton in the United Kingdom, prior to its liquidation in January 2018.
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Central Railway (UK)
Central Railway was a British company which proposed to build a new intermodal freight railway line, with a generous loading gauge, connecting the Channel Tunnel with the north of England, particularly Liverpool docks, using much of the trackbed of the former north-south Great Central Railway.
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Chalk Farm
Chalk Farm is a small urban district of north west London, lying immediately north of Camden Town, in the London Borough of Camden.
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Channel 4 News
Channel 4 News is the main news programme on British television broadcaster Channel 4.
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Channel Tunnel
The Channel Tunnel (Tunnel sous la Manche), sometimes referred to informally as the Chunnel, is a undersea railway tunnel, opened in 1994, that connects Folkestone (Kent, England) with Coquelles (Pas-de-Calais, France) beneath the English Channel at the Strait of Dover.
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Chesterfield railway station
Chesterfield railway station serves the market town of Chesterfield in Derbyshire, England.
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Chiltern Main Line
The Chiltern Main Line is a railway line which links London and Birmingham (Moor Street and Snow Hill) on a route via High Wycombe, Bicester, Banbury, Leamington Spa and Solihull in England.
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Chipping Warden
Chipping Warden is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Chipping Warden and Edgcote, in the West Northamptonshire district, in the ceremonial county of Northamptonshire, England, about northeast of the Oxfordshire town of Banbury.
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Clay Cross
Clay Cross is a town and a civil parish in the North East Derbyshire district of Derbyshire, England.
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Claydon railway station
Claydon railway station is a former railway station on the 'Varsity Line' (former Oxford Cambridge line), that served the village of Steeple Claydon in Buckinghamshire.
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Clayton, South Yorkshire
Clayton is a village in the west of the City of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, on the border with West Yorkshire.
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Coleshill, Warwickshire
Coleshill is a market town and civil parish in the North Warwickshire district of Warwickshire, England, taking its name from the River Cole, on which it stands.
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Command paper
A command paper is an official document in the United Kingdom which is issued by His Majesty's Government (HMG) and presented to Parliament.
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Committee of Selection (House of Commons)
The Committee of Selection is a select committee of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
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Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative and Unionist Party, commonly the Conservative Party and colloquially known as the Tories, is one of the two main political parties in the United Kingdom, along with the Labour Party.
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Conservative Party Conference
The Conservative Party Conference (CPC) is a four-day national conference event held by the Conservative Party in the United Kingdom.
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Costain Group
Costain Group plc is a British construction and engineering company headquartered in Maidenhead, England.
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Crewe
Crewe is a railway town and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East in Cheshire, England.
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Crossrail
Crossrail is a completed railway project centred on London.
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Crossrail 2
Crossrail 2 is a suspended proposal for a hybrid commuter rail and rapid transit route in South East England, running from nine stations in Surrey to three in Hertfordshire, providing a new North–South rail link across Greater London.
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David Higgins (businessman)
Sir David Hartmann Higgins (born 1954) is an Australian-British businessman, the Chairman of United Utilities Group (since 1 January 2020), Chairman of Gatwick Airport (since 1 January 2017), and the former Non-Executive Chairman of High Speed Two (HS2) (March 2014 to July 2018). History of High Speed 2 and David Higgins (businessman) are high Speed 2.
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David Rowlands (civil servant)
Sir David Rowlands KCB (31 May 1947 – 11 May 2014) was a British civil servant who rose to the rank of Permanent Secretary to the Department for Transport. History of High Speed 2 and David Rowlands (civil servant) are high Speed 2.
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Department for Transport
The Department for Transport (DfT) is a ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom.
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Derby
Derby is a city and unitary authority area on the River Derwent in Derbyshire, England.
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Doncaster
Doncaster is a city in South Yorkshire, England.
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East Coast Main Line
The East Coast Main Line (ECML) is a electrified railway between its northern terminus at and southern terminus at London King's Cross station.
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East Midlands Hub railway station
East Midlands Hub was a planned new railway station on the Leeds Branch of High Speed 2. History of High Speed 2 and East Midlands Hub railway station are high Speed 2.
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East Midlands Parkway railway station
East Midlands Parkway railway station is located north of Ratcliffe-on-Soar on the Midland Main Line in the East Midlands of England.
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Edgcote
Edgcote is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Chipping Warden and Edgcote, in the West Northamptonshire district, in the ceremonial county of Northamptonshire, England.
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Eiffage
Eiffage S.A. is a French civil engineering construction company.
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Environmental impact assessment
Environmental impact assessment (EIA) is the assessment of the environmental consequences of a plan, policy, program, or actual projects prior to the decision to move forward with the proposed action.
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European Commission
The European Commission (EC) is the primary executive arm of the European Union (EU).
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Euston railway station
Euston railway station (or London Euston) is a major central London railway terminus managed by Network Rail in the London Borough of Camden.
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Fitzwilliam, West Yorkshire
Fitzwilliam is a small village on the edge of West Yorkshire, England, in the City of Wakefield district.
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Freedom of information laws by country
Freedom of information laws allow access by the general public to data held by national governments and, where applicable, by state and local governments.
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Grand Union Canal
The Grand Union Canal in England is part of the British canal system.
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Great Central Main Line
The Great Central Main Line (GCML), also known as the London Extension of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway (MS&LR), is a former railway line in the United Kingdom.
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Great Missenden
Great Missenden is an affluent village and civil parish in the Misbourne Valley in the Chiltern Hills in Buckinghamshire, England, situated between the towns of Amersham and Wendover.
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Great Western Main Line
The Great Western Main Line (GWML) is a main line railway in England that runs westwards from London Paddington to.
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Grimethorpe
Grimethorpe is a village in the metropolitan borough of Barnsley in South Yorkshire, England.
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Hanger Lane gyratory
The Hanger Lane gyratory is a multi-lane rectangular gyratory – having the Hanger Lane underpass, under its southern limb, for the Western Avenue (A40).
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Hartwell House, Buckinghamshire
Hartwell House is a country house in the parish of Hartwell in Buckinghamshire, Southern England.
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Heathrow Airport
Heathrow Airport, called London Airport until 1966, is the main international airport serving London, the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.
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Heathrow Express
Heathrow Express is a high-frequency airport rail link operating between London Heathrow Airport and.
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Heathrow Hub railway station
Heathrow Hub railway station was a proposed interchange that would serve – mainly – a now disbanded potential alignment of High Speed 2 (HS2) services that would adjoin the expanded part of Heathrow Airport, England. History of High Speed 2 and Heathrow Hub railway station are high Speed 2.
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Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3 railway station
Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3 railway station (also known as Heathrow Central) serves Terminal 2 and Terminal 3 (and formerly Terminal 1 before its closure in 2015) at London Heathrow Airport.
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Hemsworth
Hemsworth is a town and civil parish in the City of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England.
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Hickleton
Hickleton is a village and civil parish in the City of Doncaster in South Yorkshire, England.
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High Speed 1
High Speed 1 (HS1), legally the Channel Tunnel Rail Link (CTRL), is a high-speed railway linking London with the Channel Tunnel.
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High Speed 2
High Speed 2 (HS2) is a high-speed railway which is under construction in England. History of High Speed 2 and high Speed 2 are department for Transport.
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High Speed Rail (London - West Midlands) Act 2017
The High Speed Rail (London – West Midlands) Act 2017 is an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom which authorises the construction of Phase One of High Speed 2, a high-speed railway between London and Birmingham. History of High Speed 2 and high Speed Rail (London - West Midlands) Act 2017 are high Speed 2.
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High Speed Rail (Preparation) Act 2013
The High Speed Rail (Preparation) Act 2013 (c. 31) is an act of Parliament in the United Kingdom which allows expenditure on essential preparatory work, including construction design, on Phase One and Phase Two of HS2 and all future phases of a high speed rail network. History of High Speed 2 and high Speed Rail (Preparation) Act 2013 are high Speed 2.
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High Speed UK (Advocacy Group)
High Speed UK (HSUK) is an advocacy group which proposes an alternative route to High Speed 2 that broadly incorporates the proposed Northern Powerhouse Rail (High Speed 3) scheme.
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High-speed rail in Europe
High-speed rail (HSR) has developed in Europe as an increasingly popular and efficient means of transport.
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High-speed rail in the United Kingdom
High-speed rail in the United Kingdom is provided on five upgraded railway lines running at top speeds of and one purpose-built high-speed line reaching.
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Hooton Roberts
Hooton Roberts is a village and civil parish situated in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham in South Yorkshire, England.
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House of Commons of the United Kingdom
The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
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House of Lords
The House of Lords is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
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Hybrid instrument
In the United Kingdom a hybrid bill (which becomes a hybrid instrument or hybrid act) is a government measure which affects a particular individual or organisation in a different manner to other individuals or companies in the same class; it thus bears some resemblance to a private bill.
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Intermodal freight transport
Intermodal freight transport involves the transportation of freight in an intermodal container or vehicle, using multiple modes of transportation (e.g., rail, ship, aircraft, and truck), without any handling of the freight itself when changing modes.
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Iver
Iver is a civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England.
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John Armitt
Sir John Alexander Armitt (born 2 February 1946) is an English civil engineer, and current chairman of the UK's National Infrastructure Commission.
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Joint venture
A joint venture (JV) is a business entity created by two or more parties, generally characterized by shared ownership, shared returns and risks, and shared governance.
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Judicial review
Judicial review is a process under which a government's executive, legislative, or administrative actions are subject to review by the judiciary.
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Justine Greening
Justine Greening (born 30 April 1969) is a British politician who served as Secretary of State for Education from 2016 to 2018.
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Kelvin Hopkins
Kelvin Peter Hopkins (born 22 August 1941) is a British politician.
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Kier Group
Kier Group plc is a British construction, services and property group active in building and civil engineering, support services, and the Private Finance Initiative.
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Ladbroke, Southam
Ladbroke is a village and civil parish about south of Southam in Warwickshire.
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Leeds
Leeds is a city in West Yorkshire, England.
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Leicester
Leicester is a city, unitary authority area, unparished area and the county town of Leicestershire in the East Midlands of England.
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Lichfield
Lichfield is a cathedral city and civil parish in Staffordshire, England.
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Listed building
In the United Kingdom, a listed building is a structure of particular architectural and/or historic interest deserving of special protection.
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Little Missenden
Little Missenden is a village and civil parish on the River Misbourne in Buckinghamshire, England.
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Liverpool
Liverpool is a cathedral, port city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England.
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Loading gauge
A loading gauge is a diagram or physical structure that defines the maximum height and width dimensions in railway vehicles and their loads.
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London Borough of Ealing
The London Borough of Ealing is a London borough in London, England.
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London Underground
The London Underground (also known simply as the Underground or by its nickname the Tube) is a rapid transit system serving Greater London and some parts of the adjacent home counties of Buckinghamshire, Essex and Hertfordshire in England.
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London–Aylesbury line
The London–Aylesbury line is a railway line between London Marylebone and Aylesbury, going via the Chiltern Hills; passenger trains are operated by Chiltern Railways.
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M1 motorway
The M1 motorway connects London to Leeds, where it joins the A1(M) near Aberford, to connect to Newcastle.
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M42 motorway
The M42 motorway runs north east from Bromsgrove in Worcestershire to just south west of Ashby-de-la-Zouch in Leicestershire, passing Redditch, Solihull, the National Exhibition Centre (NEC) and Tamworth on the way, serving the east of the Birmingham metropolitan area.
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Maglev
Maglev (derived from magnetic levitation) is a system of rail transport whose rolling stock is levitated by electromagnets rather than rolled on wheels, eliminating rolling resistance.
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Manchester
Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England, which had a population of 552,000 at the 2021 census.
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Manchester Piccadilly station
Manchester Piccadilly is the main railway station of the city of Manchester, in the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester, England.
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Maria Eagle
Maria Eagle (born 17 February 1961) is a British Labour Party politician who has served as Minister of State for Defence Procurement and Industry in the Ministry of Defence since 2024.
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Meadowhall Interchange
Meadowhall Interchange is a transport interchange located in north-east Sheffield, consisting of a combined heavy rail station, tram stop and bus and coach station.
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Mexborough
Mexborough is a town in the City of Doncaster in South Yorkshire, England.
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Millington, Cheshire
Millington is a former civil parish, now in the parishes of Millington and Rostherne and Little Bollington with Agden, in the Cheshire East district, in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England.
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Network Rail
Network Rail Limited is the owner (via its subsidiary Network Rail Infrastructure Limited, which was known as Railtrack plc before 2002) and infrastructure manager of most of the railway network in Great Britain. History of High Speed 2 and network Rail are department for Transport.
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New Civil Engineer
New Civil Engineer is the monthly magazine for members of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE), the UK chartered body that oversees the practice of civil engineering in the UK.
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North Acton
North Acton is a part of Acton in west London, and is within the London Borough of Ealing.
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North East England
North East England is one of nine official regions of England at the first level of ITL for statistical purposes.
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North London line
The North London line (NLL) is a railway line which passes through the inner suburbs of west, north-west, north, and north-east London, England between Richmond in the south-west and Stratford in the east, avoiding central London.
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North West England
North West England is one of nine official regions of England and consists of the ceremonial counties of Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Merseyside.
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Northern Powerhouse Rail
Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR), sometimes referred to unofficially as High Speed 3, is a proposed major rail programme designed to substantially enhance the economic potential of the North of England.
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Northolt
Northolt is a town in West London, England, spread across both sides of the A40 trunk road.
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Nottingham
Nottingham (locally) is a city and unitary authority area in Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England.
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Old Oak Common
Old Oak Common is a semi-industrial area of London, between Harlesden and Acton.
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Old Oak Common railway station
Old Oak Common (OOC) is a railway station under construction on the site of the Old Oak Common traction maintenance depot to the west of London in Old Oak Common, approximately south of Willesden Junction station. History of High Speed 2 and Old Oak Common railway station are high Speed 2.
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Patrick McLoughlin
Patrick Allen McLoughlin, Baron McLoughlin, (born 30 November 1957) is a British politician.
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Pennines
The Pennines, also known as the Pennine Chain or Pennine Hills, are a range of uplands mainly located in Northern England.
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Perivale Wood
Perivale Wood is an 11.6 hectare Local Nature Reserve (LNR) and Site of Metropolitan Importance for Nature Conservation in Perivale in the London Borough of Ealing.
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Philip Hammond
Philip Hammond, Baron Hammond of Runnymede (born 4 December 1955) is a British politician and life peer who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2016 to 2019, Foreign Secretary from 2014 to 2016, and Defence Secretary from 2011 to 2014.
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Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
The prime minister of the United Kingdom is the head of government of the United Kingdom.
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Primrose Hill
Primrose Hill is a Grade II listed public park located north of Regent's Park in London, England, first opened to the public in 1842.
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Primrose Hill railway station
Primrose Hill was a railway station in Chalk Farm, in the London Borough of Camden, opened by the North London Railway as Hampstead Road in 1855.
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Quainton Road railway station
Quainton Road railway station was opened in 1868 in under-developed countryside near Quainton, in the English county of Buckinghamshire, from London.
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R (HS2 Action Alliance Ltd) v Secretary of State for Transport
R (HS2 Action Alliance Ltd) v Secretary of State for Transport is a UK constitutional law case, concerning the conflict of law between a national legal system and European Union law. History of High Speed 2 and r (HS2 Action Alliance Ltd) v Secretary of State for Transport are high Speed 2.
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Rail (magazine)
Rail is a British magazine on the subject of current rail transport in Great Britain.
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Railnews
Railnews is a national monthly newspaper and news website for the British railway network.
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Reading (legislature)
A reading of a bill is a stage of debate on the bill held by a general body of a legislature.
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Regional Eurostar
Regional Eurostar was a planned Eurostar train service from Paris and Brussels to locations in the United Kingdom to the north and west of London.
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Rights of way in England and Wales
In England and Wales, excluding the 12 Inner London boroughs and the City of London, the right of way is a legally protected right of the public to pass and re-pass on specific paths.
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Rishi Sunak
Rishi Sunak (born 12 May 1980) is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2022 to 2024.
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River Colne, Hertfordshire
The Colne is a river and a tributary of the River Thames in England.
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Rotherham
Rotherham is a Minster town in South Yorkshire, England.
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Royal assent
Royal assent is the method by which a monarch formally approves an act of the legislature, either directly or through an official acting on the monarch's behalf.
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Ruislip
Ruislip is a suburb in the London Borough of Hillingdon in West London. Prior to 1965 it was in Middlesex. Ruislip lies west-north-west of Charing Cross, London. The manor of Ruislip appears in the Domesday Book, and some of the earliest settlements still exist today, designated as local heritage sites.
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Ruislip Gardens
Ruislip Gardens is an area in the London Borough of Hillingdon.
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Scotland
Scotland (Scots: Scotland; Scottish Gaelic: Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.
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Secretary of State for Transport
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Sheffield
Sheffield is a city in South Yorkshire, England, whose name derives from the River Sheaf which runs through it.
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Sheffield station
Sheffield station (formerly Pond Street and later Sheffield Midland) is a combined railway station and tram stop in Sheffield, England; it is the busiest station in South Yorkshire, and the third busiest in Yorkshire & the Humber.
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Sheffield Victoria railway station
Sheffield Victoria was the main railway station in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, on the Great Central Railway,.
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Sir Robert McAlpine
Sir Robert McAlpine Limited is a family-owned building and civil engineering company based in Hemel Hempstead, England.
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Skanska
Skanska AB is a multinational construction and development company based in Sweden.
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South Ruislip
South Ruislip is an area of west London in the London Borough of Hillingdon.
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South Yorkshire
South Yorkshire is a ceremonial county in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England.
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Stoneleigh, Warwickshire
Stoneleigh is a small village in Warwickshire, England, on the River Sowe, situated 4.5 miles (7.25 km) south of Coventry and 5.5 miles (9 km) north of Leamington Spa.
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Stop HS2
Stop HS2 is a campaign group which opposes the High Speed 2 (HS2) railway project in England. History of High Speed 2 and Stop HS2 are high Speed 2.
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Strabag
STRABAG SE is an Austrian construction company based in Spittal an der Drau, Austria, with its headquarters in Vienna.
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Stratford station
Stratford is a major multi-level interchange station serving the town of Stratford and the mixed-use development known as Stratford City, in the London Borough of Newham, East London for London Underground, London Overground, Docklands Light Railway (DLR) and Elizabeth line services.
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The Economist
The Economist is a British weekly newspaper published in printed magazine format and digitally.
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The Guardian
The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.
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The Independent
The Independent is a British online newspaper.
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Theresa Villiers
Theresa Anne Villiers (born 5 March 1968) is a British politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Chipping Barnet from 2005 to 2024, having previously served as a Member of the European Parliament from 1999 to 2005.
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Tinsley Viaduct
Tinsley Viaduct is a two-tier road bridge in Sheffield, England; it was the first of its kind in the United Kingdom.
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Toton
Toton is a large suburban village in the Borough of Broxtowe in Nottinghamshire, England.
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Tunnel
A tunnel is an underground or undersea passageway.
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UK Ultraspeed
UK Ultraspeed was a proposed high-speed magnetic-levitation train line between London and Glasgow, linking 16 stations including Edinburgh, Birmingham, Manchester and Newcastle and six airports.
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Victorian era
In the history of the United Kingdom and the British Empire, the Victorian era was the reign of Queen Victoria, from 20 June 1837 until her death on 22 January 1901.
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VolkerRail
VolkerRail is a specialist railway infrastructure services company based in Doncaster, England, providing services across the United Kingdom and Ireland.
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Wakefield
Wakefield is a cathedral city in West Yorkshire, England located on the River Calder.
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Wales, South Yorkshire
Wales is a village and a civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham in South Yorkshire, England.
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Wendover
Wendover is a town and civil parish at the foot of the Chiltern Hills in Buckinghamshire, England.
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West Coast Main Line
The West Coast Main Line (WCML) is one of the most important railway corridors in the United Kingdom, connecting the major cities of London and Glasgow with branches to Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool and Edinburgh.
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West Midlands (region)
The West Midlands is one of nine official regions of England at the first level of International Territorial Level for statistical purposes.
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West Ruislip station
West Ruislip is a station on Ickenham High Road on the borders of Ickenham and western Ruislip in the London Borough of Hillingdon in Greater London, England, formerly in the county of Middlesex.
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Wildlife crossing
Wildlife crossings are structures that allow animals to cross human-made barriers safely.
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Wormwood Scrubs
Wormwood Scrubs, known locally as The Scrubs (or simply Scrubs), is an open space in Old Oak Common located in the north-eastern corner of the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham in west London.
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Wye (rail)
In railroad structures and rail terminology, a wye (like the 'Y' glyph) or triangular junction (often shortened to just triangle) is a triangular joining arrangement of three rail lines with a railroad switch (set of points) at each corner connecting to the incoming lines.
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York
York is a cathedral city in North Yorkshire, England, with Roman origins, sited at the confluence of the rivers Ouse and Foss.
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See also
High Speed 2
- Aston Church Road Overbridge
- Avanti West Coast
- Balsall Common Viaduct
- Birmingham Curzon Street railway station
- Birmingham Interchange
- Calvert Jubilee
- Chiltern Tunnel
- Colne Valley Regional Park
- Colne Valley Viaduct
- Cubbington Pear Tree
- Curzon Gate
- David Higgins (businessman)
- David Rowlands (civil servant)
- East Midlands Hub railway station
- Euston tunnel
- Fox and Grapes, Birmingham
- Gateway 45
- HS2 automated people mover
- HS4Air
- Heathrow Hub railway station
- High Speed 2
- High Speed 2 Phase Two
- High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill
- High Speed Rail (London - West Midlands) Act 2017
- High Speed Rail (Preparation) Act 2013
- High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Act 2021
- History of High Speed 2
- Jones' Hill Wood
- List of opposition to High Speed 2
- List of support for High Speed 2
- Manchester Airport High Speed station
- Mark Thurston
- Marston Box Rail Bridge
- Northolt tunnel
- Old Oak Common railway station
- R (HS2 Action Alliance Ltd) v Secretary of State for Transport
- Square One (building)
- Stop HS2
- Swampy (environmentalist)
- Terry Morgan
- Thame Valley Viaduct
- Washwood Heath depot
- Wendover Dean Viaduct
- Willesden Logistics Hub
References
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