Final route for HS2 north of Birmingham to be revealed

An artist’s impression of the HS2 station at Euston, London, on which work is beginning this summer.The controversial HS2 high-speed railway will take another step forward on Monday with the awarding of major construction contracts and the confirmation of the route north of Birmingham through Yorkshire.Contracts worth about £6.6bn and supporting 16,000 jobs will be announced for civil engineering projects in the first phase of HS2, between London and Birmingham, including tunnels and