He said: “I’m very disappointed, I fought hard for it to be maintained, but remember the line is going to run from Euston to Handsacre where it will join the West Coast mainline, so compared to what could have happened, this is a good compromise position.

Source: https://www.expressandstar.com/news/politics/2023/10/04/andy-street-says-he-wont-quit-west-midlands-mayoralty-over-scrapping-of-hs2/

The impact that building the train line would have had on all in our communities locally would have been significant over a prolonged period, which now can be minimised through using the existing available rail capacity on the West Coast mainline.

Source: https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/stoke-on-trent-news/update-major-plans-redevelop-train-8810940