£50 Billion

Changing Business in Greater BirminghamCapacity and Connectivity

• Promoting investment

• Regeneration

• Employment

The X Factor

Paris-Lyon from 1981

• Double deck seating

• Up to 2 x 200m trains coupled together

• Over 1,000 seats

• Double track plans

The Birmingham – Manchester Express

KING’S CROSS REGENERATION

Lille Regeneration

Changing Business in Greater BirminghamThe X Factor

• Single economic area

• Synergies

• Specialisation

Economic Zones

10

England population

• 2008 52 million

• 2033 60 million

• 2050 70 million

Channel Tunnel

England 1964

Japan 1964