TRAIN JOURNEY BACK IN TIME
England’s high-speed rail link is currently being built and lines dug, transporting archaeologists hundreds of years into Britain’s past
Words by Joanna Elphick
Beneath a gigantic tent, intended to protect the dig from the elements, diggers delicately remove the soil in order to reveal thousands of coffins
Ithe UK at the moment without seeing the latest update on High Speed 2 (HS2), the new high-speed railway that will link the UK’s capital to the Midlands, up through the North and eventually into Scotland. The UK government is quick to point out the benefits of such a venture, highlighting the positive three Cs – Capacity, Connectivity and Carbon – but commuters and politicians aren’t the only ones getting excited.