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  "publishedAt": "2026-05-19T16:00:38.000Z",
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  "textContent": "\n\n\nSimon Calder has slammed “another failure” blighting Britain’s trains today as the eyewatering cost of HS2 was revealed.\n\nThe travel journalist said disruption, caused by a signalling problem which subsequently affected the rail network across the UK, “could not have come at a worse time” for the Transport Secretary, Heidi Alexander.\n\n“This is yet another failure of the GSMR, our communications network,” Mr Calder told GB News.\n\n“This is a sophisticated link between signalers and train drivers, and it's absolutely not the first time that it has gone down.”\n\nHe explained that the disruption came at a particularly embarrassing moment for the Government, as the Transport Secretary issued an update on the long-stalled high-speed railway project.\n\nAddressing MPs in the House of Commons, Ms Alexander revealed that the cost of the HS2 project could rise to £102.7billion and may not open until 2039.\n\n**_WATCH THE CLIP ABOVE_**\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n**Our Standards: The GB News Editorial Charter**",
  "title": "‘Worst possible timing!’ Simon Calder slams ‘another failure’ in British trains after eyewatering HS2 cost increase revealed"
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