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28/07/2023

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Stephen Smith muses on HS2 and his grandfather's job on the railways.

As speculation over HS2 continues unabated, Stephen Smith reflects on how trains, tunnels and railway tracks are braided into our national identity.

Stephen Smith on  why HS2 is such a cause of national hand-wringing.  

'We get railways, we do railways - ever since Stephenson's Rocket in the nineteenth century. We gave railways to the world', writes Stephen. 

He argues that there would never have been the same sense of dismay if we were talking about a road or a runway.  

Producer: Adele Armstrong 
Sound: Peter Bosher 
Production coordinator: Gemma Ashman
Editor: China Collins

Note to clarify:  The Thames Tunnel used an innovative design, but not cut-and-cover.

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