Petition · past parliament
Stop HS2 & save £60B+. Improve existing stock instead.
Closed
546 signatures
What the petition asks
Less money better spent improving existing tracks, rolling stock, etc. HS2 is a vanity project of no benefit except to a few fat cats. Back when it was to be £50B, £5B would have done far better at 1/10 of the cost. Since then, costs are way over original budget.
The Government currently say HS2 will cost £55.7 billion to build. The costs originally started at £32.7bn in 2010. The National Audit Office stated in 2016 that HS2 was running £7bn over budget, a fact not contested by HS2.
Timeline
| 21 Dec 2018 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 21 Jun 2019 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
546
Status
Closed
Opened
21 Dec 2018
Closed
21 Jun 2019
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.