High-speed rail link route confirmed (From The Oxford Times)

High-speed rail link route confirmed

1:28pm Thursday 11th March 2010 in

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Super-fast trains travelling up to 250mph are set to run along edge of Oxfordshire on a new high speed Rail network announced by the Government today.

The new High Speed 2 rail line linking London to Liverpool via Birmingham is will follow along the route of the former Great Central Railway line passing by Twyford, Finmere and Mixbury near Bicester.

The line will cut journey times from London to Birmingham by over 39 minutes to 49 minutes with the total infrastructure expected to cost over £15.8bn and create 10,000 jobs.