HS2 bill could rise to £102bn with first trains delayed until 2039, government admits
trains envisaged in 2012](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/c4caf0a34079cf3c33fa4c4e63e08328b33b5b6e/521_0_2458_1968/master/2458.jpg?width=445&dpr=1&s=none&crop=none)
The HS2 project was first approved in January 2012 with a £32.7bn budget to build a Y-shaped high-speed track as far as Manchester and Leeds