‘We hate it. It’s desecration’: the real cost of HS2
Podcast: The Audio Long ReadRating: Explicit Published On: Mon Feb 02 2026
Description: Ten years after I first followed the proposed route, I retraced my steps to see what life was like along the world’s most expensive, heavily delayed railway line By Patrick Barkham. Read by Dermot Daly. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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