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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/high-speed-rail-line-plans-unveiled.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="Plans for a £33 billion high-speed rail network from London to Birmingham have been unveiled by Philip Hammond" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/min-high-speed-rail-line-plans-unveiled.jpg" alt="Plans for a £33 billion high-speed rail network from London to Birmingham have been unveiled by Philip Hammond"/></a></p>
<p>Plans for a £33 billion high-speed rail (HSR) network from London to Birmingham and on to northern England have been unveiled by the Government.</p>
<p>But the first London-Birmingham phase of the project will have no direct link to Heathrow airport, Transport Secretary Philip Hammond announced.</p>
<p>He said there would be a spur to Heathrow, but that would be part of the second, north-of-Birmingham, phase of the project,</p>
<p>This would mean the spur would not be finished until around the mid-2030s and would open at the same time as the routes to Manchester and Leeds.</p>
<p>Until then Heathrow-bound passengers would be able to change to fast Heathrow Express services at Old Oak Common in north west London and there would be a direct interchange with the cross-London Crossrail line</p>
<p>Mr Hammond also ruled out a direct link from the London-Birmingham line &#8211; known as HS2 &#8211; to HS1, which is the London to Folkestone Channel Tunnel high-speed rail link.</p>
<p>Instead, there will be a connection to HS1 via a new tunnel from Old Oak Common.</p>
<p>Publishing details of the London to Birmingham route, Mr Hammond said around 50% of the route first proposed by the Labour Government earlier this year had been amended.</p>
<p>This has followed vehement opposition to the line from those living in Tory heartlands in the Home Counties and South Midlands.</p>
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