Claim: It will take longer to get from Wakefield to London using HS2 than it does today.
Fact-check: HS2: is it faster? - Full Fact
Verdict: today a journey from leeds to london takes around two hours. using hs2 and going via leeds, the journey could be around 25 minutes faster, though this doesn't account for the time taken to change trains and board hs2, and compares current train times with the fastest possible estimates for hs2.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Claire Milne
Date published: 2016-12-02T00:00:00