For years, the UK’s train system has been plagued by delays, expensive tickets and journey times that would be made shorter if you’d simply chosen to drive. However Transportation Secretary Lord Adonis is hoping to change all that by unveiling plans for a £30 billion high-speed rail network that if built, would reduce the journey time from London to Birmingham (194.9km apart) to a mere 45 minutes.

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