Google and Uber could help run UK’s high speed train line

Google and Uber are being courted into buying minority stakes in a franchise that will serve the HS2 north-south train service.
According to The Times, the transport department is trying to make sure that by the time the rail line opens in 2026 -  ending what will be one of Britain’s biggest single construction projects - it is future-proofed against new technologies, such as automated driving. 
They want Google and Uber – in addition to other digital pioneers in sectors su