Japan has the bullet train, Spain, France and Italy have fast connections across the country, China has a huge high-speed network...... and we have the shrunken remains of HS2. Why can't the country that invented railways now create its own efficient, well-managed express train system? Phil and Roger ask Christian Wolmar, the journalist and rail historian, whose new book - Fast Track - explores the development of high speed rail.
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