High Speed Rail (London – West Midlands) Act 2017

High Speed Rail (London - West Midlands) Act 2017
Long title An Act to make provision for a railway between Euston in London and a junction with the West Coast Main Line at Handsacre in Staffordshire, with a spur from Water Orton in Warwickshire to Curzon Street in Birmingham; and for connected purposes.
Citation 2017 c. 7
Territorial extent England and Wales and Scotland
Dates
Royal assent 23 February 2017
Other legislation
Relates to High Speed Rail (Preparation) Act 2013
History of passage through Parliament
Text of statute as originally enacted

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. The Act was introduced to Parliament as a Hybrid Bill on 25 November 2013, and received Royal Assent on 23 February 2017.[1]

References

  1. Full speed ahead as HS2 gets Royal Assent
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