Here’s why this is fun to talk about: it’s a soap opera. It’s less about trains and more about human stubbornness. The project has its own YouTube channel. They post videos of boring machinery. People watch them! There’s a HS2 fan club.
They’ve found mammoth bones under a car park. They found a 19th-century time capsule with a note inside. Even the delays are giving us weird history lessons.
When Will It Actually Open?
Good question. The original date was 2026. Now it’s “maybe 2033.” The official phrase is “not before 2029-2033.” That’s government-speak for “we have no idea.”
One engineer told a newspaper, “We’re on schedule to finish by 2045, but people say I’m a pessimist.” Another joked, “My grandkids will ride it. I won’t.” It’s the first railway in history where the workers might not live to see it open.
