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Top speeds on HS2 to be slashed in latest cost cutting drive - potentially making trains slower than in developing countries like India, Morocco and Indonesia
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Ministers today ordered HS2 bosses to look at slashing top speeds from the currently planned 360kph (224mph) to as little as 300kph (186mph).